Smart Learning for the Next Generation Education Environment

Abstract

The global educational landscape is changing due to the advancement of technologies and services; some have termed it as the "climate change" in education. The students of today engage with the learning environment differently from the students of yesterday. The traditional landscape is often perceived as "formal", "passive", "direct", and "push" learning environment designed largely for the knowledge consumers; and the modern landscape is often perceived as "informal", "active", "collaborative", "social", and "pull" learning environment designed not only for the knowledge consumers but also for the knowledge creators. This paradigm shift in education is imminent and has gathered a lot of interests in the recent years to create and/or adapt the education environment for the 21st century. To facilitate this impending modern landscape, this paper would introduce a new radical construct, termed as self-organized and/or purposely-organized peer-to-peer learning, and its impacts towards both the formal and informal learning environment. An overview of some of the solutions, that have been developed under the holistic intelligent campus (iCampus) initiative, would also be delineated so as to address such aspectual issues and challenges pertaining to the next generation smart learning environment.

Integrating Challenge Based Learning Into a Smart Learning Environment: Findings From a Mobile Application Development Course (P)

“…Tradicional classes, in which instructors are in the center of the process and students do not actively participate, have been replaced by approaches that foster collaboration, action and engagement. However, in order to effectively implement this change, not only the physical environment needs to be adapted, but also instructors need to put in place a different teaching methodology [4].…”

“…Similarly, students are not only knowledge consumers. In fact, the roles of instructors and students may become less distinct and could be interchangeable [4].…”

“…Moreover, the educational context is changing due to the advancements in technology [4]. Tradicional classes, often perceive as formal, passive, and not engaging, have been slowly replaced by student-centric approaches.…”

Using a Novel Model to Measure Smart Campus Service Quality: An Empirical Case Study

“…The Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Centre provided a more complete definition [5][6]. Smart campus has been widely accepted and used in education reform strategies in several Asian countries, and a pilot program and a long-term road map for improving the entire campus learning environment has been proposed.…”

Assessment of Smart Learning Environments in Higher Educational Institutions: A Study Using AHP-FCE and GA-BP Methods

“…However, traditional classrooms have been unable to support the development of teaching models with information technology. To adapt to the changing demands of learning institutions and provide a dynamic learning atmosphere, the learning environment has begun to shift from digital to smart [2], [3]; thus, the smart learning environment…”