{"title":"Building Futures","authors":"M. Hastie","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH002","url":null,"abstract":"As momentum builds around the fourth industrial revolution, it is imperative that schools equip the youth of today to succeed in the workforce of tomorrow. The use of smart learning environments (SLE) is an optimal way to prepare students for the future because the use of innovative technologies and elements allow for greater flexibility, effectiveness and adaption, engagement, motivation, and feedback for the learner. It is envisioned that the “smart” learners of the future will operate in SLE that are contextual, personalized, and seamless. The learning process in the SLE will facilitate their problem solving and promote their intellectual growth as lifelong learners. This study, then, demonstrates how educational robotics can be used by educators to equip students in the UAE for futures in STEM fields of study and work. It is claimed that students who build robots build futures for themselves and their communities: a worthy goal for Emirati students in 2018, The Year of Zayed.","PeriodicalId":158867,"journal":{"name":"Cases on Smart Learning Environments","volume":"393 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124288031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smart Interactive Game-Based System for Preschools in Tanzania","authors":"C. A. Ongoro, J. Mwangoka","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH006","url":null,"abstract":"Academia across the globe is increasingly integrating smart education into learning that describes digitized interactive technologies with elements of motivation, engagement, and feedback. This chapter presents an intelligent and interactive system using alphabetical sounds using game mechanics for preschoolers in Tanzania. Generally, it has been reported that preschoolers often experience trouble in articulating alphabetical sounds. At present, the mode of teaching alphabetical sounds differs in every preschool, resulting in a lack of standardization. This makes adaptation to a new preschool system problematic, especially in situations where a preschooler is transferred from one kindergarten to another. A smart research framework on the interactive game-based system and attributes of active learning were taken into account to uphold intelligent ways to enable language competency for preschoolers in Tanzania. A study was conducted in Tanganyika preschool in Arusha, Tanzania, which presented initial results of preschoolers' perception of the intelligent interactive game-based system.","PeriodicalId":158867,"journal":{"name":"Cases on Smart Learning Environments","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127492285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Story of Ice","authors":"J. Gutierrez, Natalie Bursztyn","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH001","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing enrollment and costs in introductory geoscience classes are making the logistics of organizing on-location field trips challenging; but with modern technology, virtual field trips (VFTs) can provide a proxy. Students entering college today are digital natives with short attention spans, suggesting they would find a VFT appealing and easy to navigate. While not a replacement for an actual field trip, VTFs offer interactive alternatives to traditional lectures, and several have been successful in engaging and educating students. This proposed VFT utilizes the iconic geology of Yosemite National Park to teach the effects of climate change at geologic and anthropogenic timescales. The story is told along Yosemite's four roads and is designed for use as a roadside geology accompaniment in the park, or as a standalone interactive tool in the classroom. VFT stops narrate the geologic history of the area and use photos with illustrated overlays to further describe concepts.","PeriodicalId":158867,"journal":{"name":"Cases on Smart Learning Environments","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122969138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Open Learner Models in Smart Learning Environments","authors":"Angeliki Leonardou, Maria Rigou, J. Garofalakis","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH019","url":null,"abstract":"Smart learning environments (SLEs), like all adaptive learning systems, are built around the learner model and use it to support a variety of interventions such as mastery learning, scaffolding, adaptive sequencing, and adaptive navigation support. Open learner models (OLMs) “expose” the learner data to users through easily perceivable visual representations aiming to improve student self-reflection and self-regulated learning and also increase user motivation and even foster collaboration. This chapter presents the evolution and current state of OLMs, summarizes related research in the field emphasizing on OLM types, locus of control between the system and the user and visualizations categorized on the basis of quantized/continuous and structured/unstructured representations. OLM cases implementing typical SLEs features are described, along with representative real-life scenarios of incorporating OLMs in SLEs. Moreover, the chapter provides guidelines for designing effective OLMs and discusses current research trends in this active scientific field.","PeriodicalId":158867,"journal":{"name":"Cases on Smart Learning Environments","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128963175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Mobile Devices by Media Students as a Tool for Digital Storytelling","authors":"Mohammad Ayish, Sohail Dahdal","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH003","url":null,"abstract":"The introduction of mobile devices has brought about dramatic transitions not only in how ordinary individuals communicate with one another, but also in how media students learn to tell highly compelling digital stories. In higher education, mobile devices are increasingly proving to be quite powerful tools aiding media students in learning storytelling techniques across media platforms. This chapter draws on a pilot project involving a survey of mass communication students at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in which iPads and smart phones were used to generate video stories as course assignments. A survey of students involved in the project reveals they were highly passionate about doing their video storytelling assignment on iPads and smart phones as compared with traditional audio-visual capturing tools. The authors see a huge potential for mobile devices as credible media gathering tools in the emerging real-world journalistic practices.","PeriodicalId":158867,"journal":{"name":"Cases on Smart Learning Environments","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121665329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diverse Applications of the Elements of Smart Learning Environments","authors":"E. Robeck, S. Raghunathan, A. Singh, B. Sharma","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH008","url":null,"abstract":"The design of learning environments has greatly influenced learning approaches and strategies, and has traditionally been considered to exist within the physical walls of a learning institution. In recent years, learning environments have evolved alongside advances in the internet, technology, and mobile devices and have given rise to smart learning environments to better accommodate a new generation of learners and learning behaviors. This chapter presents an exploration of the possibilities of smart learning environments in distinct and diverse environments, across varying learner locations, profiles, and demographics. The authors explore and analyze technology and pedagogy elements that make up an effective smart learning environment, through different cases and viewpoints of the contributing authors of this book. Based on the findings, they propose a framework for the design and implementation of smart learning environments that will effectively create engaging, personalized, and effective learning moments for individual learners.","PeriodicalId":158867,"journal":{"name":"Cases on Smart Learning Environments","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132811254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Private Cloud-Based Smart Learning Environment Using Moodle for Universities","authors":"T. P. Kumar","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH011","url":null,"abstract":"Moodle is an open source learning management system that helps universities host the courses online through standalone or a in a private cloud environment that helps the educational institutions grow exponentially with all the facilities Moodle can offer. This chapter identifies the feasibility of a university to host their courses in Moodle which runs under a private cloud environment. This chapter explains various difficulties incurred by the public cloud and other standalone servers. This chapter also analyzes various metrics towards smarter learning methodologies and observes that the learning curve of the users is considerably increasing, and hence, such models are suitable for universities with several thousands of users. This chapter proposes a method to deploy Moodle for a smarter learning environment in universities of huge strength.","PeriodicalId":158867,"journal":{"name":"Cases on Smart Learning Environments","volume":"88 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133929165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Smart Learning Potential of Turkey's Education System in the Context of FATIH Project","authors":"Mehmet Durnalı, Şenol Orakcı, O. Aktan","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6136-1.CH013","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores the FATIH project and examines and analyzes the views of school administrators on the contribution. Literature review and qualitative method are conducted so as to accomplish these goals. The project has a very high potential to contribute to the smart learning environment of Turkey. However, in practice, it needs to be implemented fully.","PeriodicalId":158867,"journal":{"name":"Cases on Smart Learning Environments","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125019467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}