Thesis (BS Architecture) University of the Philippines Mindanao, 2021

Aside from learning inside the classroom with the instructors, academic
social interaction plays an important role in the overall experience and
learning of a student inside their campus community. This study wanted to
describe how students use of Social Learning Spaces to socially interact
relates to their involvement in the campus and to also know the factors that
contributes to how students use the social learning spaces. To gather the
needed data for this study, the researcher used photo elicitation and survey
questionnaires and also interviewed the respondents.
The results of the study suggests that students in universities in Davao
City get more involved in their university by interacting and working with peers
outside class hours and studying independently inside their campus. Most of
the university students get involved by using the social learning spaces as
space for individual and collaborative learning. An average of 3-5 hours a
week and 1-3 times a month the student spends their time interacting with
their peers inside the campus. When students were asked on what social
learning spaces, they need the most, majority of the students said that they
need spaces equipped with tables and chairs. Research results shows that
thermal comfort, furniture configuration, work surface, natural lighting, and
access to electrical outlets are spatial characteristics students were most concerned of. Social Learning Spaces encourages students to participate to
academic interaction in a way that if the social spaces were provided and the
spatial characteristics the students needed were met, they are more encouraged to involve themselves to university activities and other academic-
related activities.