Open Smart Classroom: Extensible and Scalable Smart Space Using Web Service Technology

Abstract

Abstract. Real-time interactive virtual classroom with tele-education experience is an important type of distance learning, while the current available systems are not able to connect different classrooms in open network for intercontinental and intercultural learning. Open Smart Classroom, which is an upgrade learning system based on Smart Classroom using Web Service technology, provides more extensible and scalable features to tackle the new requirements and challenges of distance learning. Open Smart Classroom is developed based on Open Smart Platform, the software computing infrastructure for Smart Space, which provide three new features: 1) open and standard interface for better mobile devices connection and communication without any prior configuration; 2) open services invocation channel between inside modules and outside systems 3) open network in which multiple Smart Spaces can connect and communicate with each other. Making use of these new features, Open Smart Classroom shows a novel and interesting experience to both of the teachers and students for intercultural and intercontinental distant learning, which also gives a significant research perspective of future distance blended learning system.

Incorporating a smart classroom 2.0 Speech-Driven PowerPoint System (SDPPT) into university teaching

“…Different information communication technologies have been used in the related studies to support those functions and needs, including Web-based technologies (Day and Foley 2006;Suo et al 2009); wireless and mobile technologies (Hwang et al 2008;Hwang et al 2011;; digital whiteboard technologies (Smith et al 2005); audio and video recognition technologies (Chang and Lee 2010;, and face and gesture recognition technologies (Chang and Lee 2010;.…”

Towards Initiative Smart Space model

“…The presented Open Smart Space model is partially motivated by reviewing the existing Smart Space related projects mainly in our research group from earliest to the latest: 1) Smart Classroom [2]; 2) Open Smart Classroom [3]; 3) Smart Environment for Multiuser Interactive Collaboration(SEMIC) [ 1] ; 4) UTable [12] .…”

Towards Blended Learning Environment Based on Pervasive Computing Technologies

“…Some achievements have been made in building such kind of learning environment: Smart Classroom [7] and Open Smart Classroom [9].…”

“…As the technology develops from Individual Smart Space to Open Smart Space, we enhance the Smart Classroom to be more open and therefore develop the prototype of Open Smart Classroom [17].…”

“…Several research projects in Smart Space [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] aiming at educational issues share the common idea that keeping the main learning place in the classroom while providing Smart Space technologies to enhance its functions and experiences: enabling remote students to join in the class, allowing the students to report feedback quietly to the teacher during the class, capturing the whole instruction for students to review after the class and so on. Blending Smart Space technologies with traditional learning and e-learning provides novel and better experience for both of the teacher and the students.…”