...Kiri Mealings; Joerg M. Buchholz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to systematically map research on the effect of classroom acoustics and noise on high school students’ listening, learning and well-being, as well as identify knowledge gaps to inform future research. Design/methodology...

... on “disability simulations” from an educational perspective and pedagogical perspective (Burgstahler and Doe, 2004 ; Barney, 2012 ; Shakespeare and Kleine, 2013 ; Leo, 2016 ; Leo and Goodwin, 2016 ; Cohen et al., 2019). In Sweden, insight simulation has also been described on the basis of learning...

...Niclas Sandström; Robert Eriksson; Kirsti Lonka; Suvi Nenonen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the core dimensions of user experiences in a physical and technologically embedded learning environment (LE) designed to support active student-led inquiry-based studies and collaborative...

...Prof. Per Anker Jensen; Eelis Rytkönen; Suvi Nenonen; Erica Österlund; Inka Kojo Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to characterize development processes of eight novel learning environment projects in one university campus in Finland. Design/methodology/approach – This study builds...

... create and sustain learning and knowing in projects. Originality/value The challenge for construction organizations is not necessarily to use intra‐organizational forms of CoP, but to learn how they can use them within the project environment within which they operate. A proposal for using...

...C.Y. Yiu; Y. Yau Purpose This paper aims to review the extant intelligent home specifications and put forward a new dimension for the specifications of intelligent home (IHS). Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a learning (bottom‐up) algorithm which emphasizes the importance...

...Mei‐yung Leung; Ivan Fung Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of the enhanced school facilities and the impacts of this enhancement on the learning behaviors of students Design/methodology/approach A pre‐ and post‐occupancy evaluation questionnaire...

...Túlio Tibúrcio; Edward F. Finch Purpose The purpose of this research is to determine whether new intelligent classrooms will affect the behaviour of children in their new learning environments. Design/methodology/approach A multi‐method study approach was used to carry out the research...

... century. This, in turn, will require more flexibility to cater for varying learning, managerial and organisational requirements. In terms of space management this will shift the emphasis towards a more time‐flexible, space‐flexible and location‐flexible pattern which will become sine qua non...

...Goksenin Inalhan Mike   Waterhouse Edited by, Geoff   Crook Edited by . Management and Business Skills in the Built Environment . E&FN Spon, an imprint of Chapman and Hall , 1995 . 201 pp. , ISBN: 0 419 20820 8   Paperback Learning Personal skills Self...

...David Fleming; John Storr This exploratory research investigates the issues surrounding the impact of lecture facilities on the student learning experience. Given the growing administrative significance of lecturer/student ratios, room utilization and occupancy levels, the importance of the lecture...

..., learning systems better explains ‐ and more importantly better enables ‐ best practice. The challenges facing facilities managers in the future are, as in other areas, those of finding new ways of leading, of cultivating environments for performing, and of finding new conversations with clients, customers...

... of procurement; redefinition of facility management to interpret organizational goals. Education Facilities management Intelligent buildings Learning Universities Any course which addresses the needs of the global intelligent building market must tackle not only the technological issues...