Privacy and interaction preferences of students in informal learning spaces on university campus
ISSN: 0263-2772
Article publication date: 11 May 2022
Issue publication date: 1 June 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse privacy and interaction preferences in the social dimension of individual learning students and how the spatial configuration affects individual learners’ choices of learning spaces.
Design/methodology/approach
This empirical survey study was conducted in an Australian university’s informal learning spaces. Space syntax theories are applied to construct a four-quadrant theoretical framework.
Findings
The research findings indicate that based on the differences between students in their individual characteristics, there are significant differences in their needs for privacy and interaction. This study reveals that the spatial configuration affects individual learners’ choices of learning spaces.
Originality/value
This study could assist universities in providing students with more effective and diverse informal learning spaces.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank the anonymous referees for their insightful comments and valuable suggestions on an earlier version of the paper.
The first author is grateful to the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for a PhD scholarship (No. 201708370147).
Citation
Zhang, J., Ding, D., Liu, C., Luther, M., Zhao, J. and Liu, C. (2022), "Privacy and interaction preferences of students in informal learning spaces on university campus", Facilities, Vol. 40 No. 9/10, pp. 638-655. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-11-2021-0119
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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