Journal article

The ILESE project: Building an evidentiary database about students' use of learning environments

W Imms, JE Morris, K Day, C Bradbeer, L Lockhart-Barker, C Campbell

Review of Education | Published : 2026

Abstract

This paper presents the progress of a unique study of significant scope. The industry-funded innovative Learning Environments and Student Experience (ILESE) study asked two questions: In what ways has more than two decades of learning spaces research culminated in readily used evidence that meets the needs of those involved in providing innovative education infrastructure? Second, based on perceived strengths and gaps, how do we design research to address identified gaps? This paper reports on the findings to these questions. It draws on the results of a large-scale Scoping Study that sought perspectives from experts equally distributed across (1) industries providing school infrastructure, ..

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