A learning environment is quite simply a setting where the process of learning takes place. This could be within a traditional classroom setting, a lecture theatres, museums and on the job vocational learning.
The type of learning environment plays a role in the quality of education that a learner receives. They can change dependent on the subject being taught and it's style.
Below is a link to the characteristics of an effective learning environment.
10 Characteristics Of A Highly Effective Learning Environment
Learning environments can not only be in a physical form.
Recently, there has been the rise of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). These are primarily used in Universities (for example, moodle and blackboard) where lectures can be uploaded to the websites along with various other forms of learning tools. It allows the students to undertake learning whenever they see fit.
However, now many companies also use VLE in order to teach their staff new skills.
Below is a Ted Talks lecture where Ron Haffart evaluates the environments required for 21st Century Learning.
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