CAFÉ AS STUDENT’S INFORMAL LEARNING SPACE: A CASE STUDY IN BANDUNG, INDONESIA

Samuel Sri Kurnia Adityawirawan,Hanson E Kusuma

doi:10.9744/dimensi.48.2.109-120

Samuel Sri Kurnia Adityawirawan, Hanson E Kusuma

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https://doi.org/10.9744/dimensi.48.2.109-120

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For the past years, the café's functionality has shifted from serving light food or beverages to being used by students as an informal learning space (ILS). This paper discusses university student's motivation to study in a café and the desired café's characteristics as an ILS in Bandung, Indonesia. The research uses a quantitative method using a questionnaire to reveal the dimensions of students' internal motivation and spatial characteristics of the café and its effect on students' informal learning responses while in the café. Results found 6 (six) groups of student motivations and 7 (seven) characteristics of cafés as an ILS. Results uncover a positive relationship between utilitarian motivation and physical characteristics in the form of the availability and quality of café amenities on students' cognitive and affective responses. It is implied that students choose a café as an ILS because such informal space can provide satisfactory physical amenities so that their learning performance is expected to increase. Through this trend, universities and/or related stakeholders could use this opportunity to improve the well-being of the student.

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Nowadays, learning activities can be done anywhere and anytime, which gives rise to informal learning spaces in several sectors of educational institutions
The results of the analysis of motivational group factors for using cafés as informal learning spaces for students can be seen in the following table 3
The study found 6 students' motivation in using cafés as informal learning space (ILS) which was referred to from one's shopping motivation. These motivations are restoration, productivity, social identity, novelty, economic value of products, and social interaction. These six findings can be used as a reference for further research involving informal learning and further elaboration to strengthen student learning motivation in informal spaces based on shopping motivation

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Nowadays, learning activities can be done anywhere and anytime, which gives rise to informal learning spaces in several sectors of educational institutions. The learning process that can be done by watching video lectures at home, riding public transportation, sitting in the cafés, or in the park is referred to as the concept of a flipped classroom. This term is further popularized as informal learning space (ILS) by Walton and Matthews (2018).

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