Investigation on the Sustainability of an Innovative Physical Learning Environment in Putra Future Classroom, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the sustainability of future physical learning environments and their adaptability to the changes in the learning and teaching methods in the 21st century. This paper analyses several theories on the sustainability of the physical design of learning spaces in order to collect the main variables for data analysis. The methodology in this study consists of a visual observation that is conducted in Putra Future Classroom (PFC) in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in order to make a comparison between the variables and the existing physical design elements in PFC. This paper is based on an ongoing study that aims to assess the physical design of PFC and its role in improving the learning experience of the students and indirectly increases the quality of higher education in UPM. The findings of this paper could lead to create guidelines for improving the sustainability of the physical learning environment in UPM and other public universities in Malaysia which can help to improve the quality of higher education in Malaysian universities.