Creating a responsive and responsible learning environment: Bookopolis@UiTM Malaysia

• Published in: Cases on Responsive and Responsible Learning in Higher Education
• Main Author: Saidin N.; Yazid N.H.M.; Jelani S.A.; Jamian L.S.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IGI Global 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85151908373&doi=10.4018%2f978-1-6684-6076-4.ch006&partnerID=40&md5=86d39f327571af0a7747924d5fd51091

New ideas about learning spaces offer a significant opportunity for higher education to transform learning. The creation of a reading-friendly space and a book exchange program, 'Bookopolis', offered UiTM Foundation Centre an opportunity to encourage active learning and create a responsive learning environment. 'Bookopolis 'fulfilled the reading needs of the students in an economic and innovative way. Creativity and necessity provided the impetus to transform a non-functional space into an accessible and exciting area for reading and discussions. A flexible system of self-check in and out inculcates the values of trust and integrity, thus heightening a sense of responsibility. The redesigned learning space optimizes the current learning theory to support and extend students' learning environment. This chapter shares the journey and experience in creating a responsive learning space, encouraging a reading culture and literacy skills in a demanding one-year foundation program. © 2023 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.