This chapter explores the human element in the learning space through the notion that once a learning
space is inhabited, it becomes a learning place of agency, purpose and community involving both staff
and students. The School of Languages and Learning at Victoria University in Melbourne has initiated
a multifaceted peer learning support strategy, ‘Students Supporting Student Learning’ (SSSL), involving
the deployment of student peer mentors into various physical and virtual learning spaces. The chapter
discusses the dynamics of peer learning across these learning space settings and the challenges involved
in instituting the shift from teacher- to learning-centred pedagogies within such spaces. Both physical and
virtual dimensions are considered, with the SNAPVU Platform introduced as a strategy for facilitating
virtual learning communities of practice in which staff, mentors, and students will be able to engage in
mutual learning support. The chapter concludes with calls for the explicit inclusion of peer learning in
the operational design of learning spaces.