An innovative model of digital pedagogy: digital experience scenes design for cultural heritage properties based on multi-form spatial theory

The current digital development model of cultural heritage properties mostly relies on technological means to simulate and reproduce them. Although this approach helps to enhance users’ understanding and cognition of them, it is difficult to fully convey their more important contemporary value and cultural significance. This study, based on Lefebvre’s theory of multi-form spaces, incorporates virtual reality technologies to design a multi-form digital experience scene of the former residence of Qianliju. This digital experience was subsequently tested and validated through educational experiments. The findings show that multi-form experience spaces optimize user adaptive design. They use highly realistic settings to help users quickly enter a learning state. Furthermore, they use cultural and psychological spaces to deepen exploration interests and knowledge association abilities. The results suggest that this approach may facilitate a deeper understanding and interpretation of cultural heritage properties within the experimental context. This study contributes to the methodological innovation in digital pedagogy for cultural heritage, aiming to elevate user engagement and educational outcomes.