Curating Hybrid-Style University Experiences: Framework Development for Student Social Connectedness Using Interaction Design and Placemaking
Communication technologies offer new opportunities for building and maintaining social connections at university. However, these technologies need to be better understood for their influence on student experiences in hybrid-style classrooms and guided more effectively. This study identified qualitie...
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| description | Communication technologies offer new opportunities for building and maintaining social connections at university. However, these technologies need to be better understood for their influence on student experiences in hybrid-style classrooms and guided more effectively. This study identified qualities of social connection to understand how students built/maintained social connection. The study was conducted over two autumn semesters in three hybrid-style classes in Switzerland and Norway. Qualitative methods included observations, interviews, and auto-photography. Approximately 150 h of observational data were gained, including auto-photography of 17 students’ physical online learning spaces, and four interviews with class lecturers. The findings indicated that informal/private spaces, crucial for building/maintaining social connection, were hard to access in hybrid-style learning environments. Communication cultures and social structures offered limited support for accessing these spaces for building/maintaining social connection. Addressing this issue required a processual effort across user-levels to support social connection within a hybrid-style university culture. This effort involved opening access to informal/private spaces by applying the concept of affective atmospheres within placemaking and interaction-design theories. A dimensions of affect framework is developed to help curate learning environments towards social connection. For university campus development, addressing these people–place relations with communication technology could foster technology more effectively to support connection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2d1693bb4e4a4fcd9357b785890c975d2025-08-20T01:55:30ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022024-09-01149100410.3390/educsci14091004Curating Hybrid-Style University Experiences: Framework Development for Student Social Connectedness Using Interaction Design and PlacemakingTheresa Wheele0Carmel Lindkvist1Tore Haugen2Clara Weber3Lukas Windlinger4Workplace Management, Institute of Life Sciences and Facility Management, ZHAW (Zürich University of Applied Sciences), 8820 Zurich, SwitzerlandFaculty of Architecture and Planning, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), 7491 Trondheim, NorwayFaculty of Architecture and Planning, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), 7491 Trondheim, NorwayWorkplace Management, Institute of Life Sciences and Facility Management, ZHAW (Zürich University of Applied Sciences), 8820 Zurich, SwitzerlandWorkplace Management, Institute of Life Sciences and Facility Management, ZHAW (Zürich University of Applied Sciences), 8820 Zurich, SwitzerlandCommunication technologies offer new opportunities for building and maintaining social connections at university. However, these technologies need to be better understood for their influence on student experiences in hybrid-style classrooms and guided more effectively. This study identified qualities of social connection to understand how students built/maintained social connection. The study was conducted over two autumn semesters in three hybrid-style classes in Switzerland and Norway. Qualitative methods included observations, interviews, and auto-photography. Approximately 150 h of observational data were gained, including auto-photography of 17 students’ physical online learning spaces, and four interviews with class lecturers. The findings indicated that informal/private spaces, crucial for building/maintaining social connection, were hard to access in hybrid-style learning environments. Communication cultures and social structures offered limited support for accessing these spaces for building/maintaining social connection. Addressing this issue required a processual effort across user-levels to support social connection within a hybrid-style university culture. This effort involved opening access to informal/private spaces by applying the concept of affective atmospheres within placemaking and interaction-design theories. A dimensions of affect framework is developed to help curate learning environments towards social connection. For university campus development, addressing these people–place relations with communication technology could foster technology more effectively to support connection.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/9/1004learning environmenthybrid-style universitystudent social connectednessuniversity experienceframework developmentaffective atmospheres |
| spellingShingle | Theresa Wheele Carmel Lindkvist Tore Haugen Clara Weber Lukas Windlinger Curating Hybrid-Style University Experiences: Framework Development for Student Social Connectedness Using Interaction Design and Placemaking Education Sciences learning environment hybrid-style university student social connectedness university experience framework development affective atmospheres |
| title | Curating Hybrid-Style University Experiences: Framework Development for Student Social Connectedness Using Interaction Design and Placemaking |
| title_full | Curating Hybrid-Style University Experiences: Framework Development for Student Social Connectedness Using Interaction Design and Placemaking |
| title_fullStr | Curating Hybrid-Style University Experiences: Framework Development for Student Social Connectedness Using Interaction Design and Placemaking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Curating Hybrid-Style University Experiences: Framework Development for Student Social Connectedness Using Interaction Design and Placemaking |
| title_short | Curating Hybrid-Style University Experiences: Framework Development for Student Social Connectedness Using Interaction Design and Placemaking |
| title_sort | curating hybrid style university experiences framework development for student social connectedness using interaction design and placemaking |
| topic | learning environment hybrid-style university student social connectedness university experience framework development affective atmospheres |
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