Abstract
Technology-enhanced learning spaces are a new trend at universities that are committed to delivering transformational teaching and learning pedagogies. Learning is becoming more social, informal, and less structured. Collaborative learning spaces enable students to harness collective intelligence by engaging in active dialogue and group work, which in turn empowers their peers to create, share, and make beneficial academic contributions that exceed the ordinary classroom experience. This study aims to gauge the perception of students on X-Space classrooms – the collaborative learning spaces at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus. Piaget’s constructivism and the theory of motivation guided this research by suggesting the need for students to become stakeholders in their learning. A mixed method of surveys and depth interviews were deployed to examine the effectiveness of X-Space in enriching students’ learning experience. The data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively to yield rich and insightful findings. The results indicate that X-Space might be the way forward especially for the kinetic and visual learners. Appropriate recommendations are also provided to boost the effectiveness of collaborative learning spaces and to further encourage students’ reception towards this novel classroom mode.
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Jayasainan, S.Y., Rekhraj, H.S. (2015). X-Space: A Way Forward? The Perception of Taylor’s University Students on Collaborative Learning Spaces. In: Tang, S., Logonnathan, L. (eds) Taylor’s 7th Teaching and Learning Conference 2014 Proceedings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-399-6_38
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