Smart Classroom: An Improved Smart Learning Paradigm for College Education

Abstract

Smart learning strategies have proved to be effective for college education with the development of smart devices. However, most smart learning strategies pay extreme attentions to smart devices and ignore the in-classroom feedback of students. As a result, college students sometimes regard smart leaning as in-classroom tasks and fail to obtain effective interactions with teachers. To overcome the weakness of the current smart learning strategies, this study focuses on the strategy that makes college students fully participate in the process of the smart classroom. An improved smart classroom paradigm is proposed to offer college students a better environment with abundant communications to both smart devices and college teachers in the classroom. In this improved strategy, college teachers become the handler of smart devices and lead students to participate in relevant tasks. On the other hand, college students will follow the instructions from teachers and study under an improved smart learning environment with direct course guidance. To prove the effectiveness of the proposed framework, a preliminary practice has been experimented on a college course named “Sensor and Detection Technology”. Keywords—smart classroom; smart learning; college education; educational reform