Ecopolytechnic: A Sustainable and Flexible E-Learning System for Agile Smart Learning Scenarios

Abstract

The rapid change of technological and human-machine co-evolutionary processes due to smart working and smart industries, present several issues that are also influencing the world of e-learning systems. Nowadays is quite hard to distinguish between learning spaces/systems/organizations and working organizations especially when smart working and tele-monitoring are becoming widespread. In this work we analyze smart learning concepts that are leading to a new emerging scenario in which the distinction between learning and working activities is dynamic and in evolution. In particular we present an integrated smart learning model called EcoPolytechnic which aims to redesigns the organization model of a Polytechnic by introducing several concepts of agile learning and project-based learning. The model is built upon the notion of smart learning cell that replaces in a flexible and sustainable way the notion of set of courses and can be used in a better way in smart learning scenarios. The result is a complete and easy to be configured smart learning organization system for which a comparative analysis is carried out. The benefits in terms of innovation and adaptive learning performance are given by using agile learning analysis.