Learning spaces and students' entrepreneurship: the strategy for the successful implementation of an E-Learning Café in Campus U. Porto

Universities are facing demanding challenges due to the rising of life-long-learning needs and the responsibility to accommodate new and emerging technologies in the learning process. On the European Higher Education Area "learning" takes a primordial limelight. Also, in a globalized society where information and communication technologies play a major role, employers require higher education graduates not only to be excellent in communication and in the use of information, but also to think ...

The e-Learning Café project of the University of Porto: innovative learning spaces, improving students' engagement in active and collaborative learning

This paper reports the ongoing research project headed by the University of Porto (U.Porto) and the research group Centre of Spatial Representation and Communication (CCRE), from de R&D Centre of its Faculty of Architecture (FAUP), which aims the design and study of hybrid spatial environments: e-Learning Centres. The state of the art review discusses the significance of informal physical learning spaces for learning activities in academic education. The most important outcomes of research ar...

E-Learning Café in University of Porto: ICT influence in the design of social learning spaces

E-Learning Café in University of Porto: ICT influence in the design of social learning spaces