Towards Autonomic Educational Cyber Physical Systems

Abstract

University is faced with the growing challenge posed by information technology. The various learning resources supported by this latter in a connected environment have to be provided to learners according to their performances and backgrounds in the right place at the right time. In our work, we are interested in investigating key Research Questions about the next generation of university (University 4.0) relying on both the Autonomic Computing perspectives and Industry 4.0 fundamentals. The aim of our research is to build Educational Cyber Physical Systems (ECPS) where learning and teaching could occur in both virtual and physical connected spaces. In this paper, we deliver our vision of what is a University 4.0 and propose a generic layered architecture of Educational Cyber Physical System, as a key element to shape the new generation of education. The provided architecture is operational in different levels of granularity.

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