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<p>Research on smart spaces represents one of the most innovative work being done recently. One of the interesting applications of smart spaces is the smart classroom. It aims at using new technologies and tools to provide adaptive, comfortable and personalized learning which supports and facilitates the learning operation. Often instructors waste a precious time of theirs courses on tasks not directly related to the course content especially adjusting several times both the light system of the classroom which consists of the light bulbs system and window blinds as well as the heating/cooling system and learning tools such as data show, moving board desktop computer. These systems should be adjusted according to the current context which has a high dynamic change. These activities prevent them from focusing on their main tasks and directly affect the proper functioning of the educational process. In some cases, after the end of the lesson and the leaving of the audience, devices of the classroom remain operating which causes an unjustified energy consumption. The aim of this paper is to propose a context-aware automation of classrooms which contributes to improving the quality of the educational process by automating tasks that are not directly related to the content of the courses and consume time and effort that would affect the smooth running of the educational process. The proposed smart classroom will provide a comfortable learning environment that ensures more emphasis on course content by instructor and students.</p>
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Research on smart spaces represents one of the most innovative work being done recently. One of the interesting applications of smart spaces is the smart classroom. It aims at using new technologies and tools to provide adaptive, comfortable and personalized learning which supports and facilitates the learning operation. Often instructors waste a precious time of theirs courses on tasks not directly related to the course content especially adjusting several times both the light system of the classroom which consists of the light bulbs system and window blinds as well as the heating/cooling system and learning tools such as data show, moving board desktop computer. These systems should be adjusted according to the current context which has a high dynamic change. These activities prevent them from focusing on their main tasks and directly affect the proper functioning of the educational process. In some cases, after the end of the lesson and the leaving of the audience, devices of the classroom remain operating which causes an unjustified energy consumption. The aim of this paper is to propose a context-aware automation of classrooms which contributes to improving the quality of the educational process by automating tasks that are not directly related to the content of the courses and consume time and effort that would affect the smooth running of the educational process. The proposed smart classroom will provide a comfortable learning environment that ensures more emphasis on course content by instructor and students.

A Context-aware Smart Classroom for Enhanced Learning Environment

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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Research on smart spaces represents one of the most innovative work being done recently. One of the interesting applications of smart spaces is the smart...

Outside light	Window blinds	Light bulbs
Dark	Closed	High
High	Mostly closed	Off
Average	Half opened	Off
Low	Mostly opened	Low
Very low	Totally opened	Average

Equipment	Service	Forms
Light bulbs	Lighting	Dark, low, average, high
Window blinds	Lighting	Totally opened, closed, mostly opened, half-opened, mostly closed
Cooler	Cooling	Off, low, average, high
Heater	Heating	Off, low, average, high
Desktop PC	Computing	Sleep, turned on
Data Show	Presentation	Off, On
Moving board	Display	Rest position, presentation position

Service	Information
Lighting	Outside light, start a presentation, course end time
Cooling	Inside temperature, course end time
Heating	Inside temperature, course end time
Computing	Start presentation, course end time
Presentation	Start a presentation, course end time
Display	Start a presentation, course end time

Start a presentation	Data show	Moving board
True	On	Display position
False	Off	Rest position

Service	Information
Lighting	Audience presence, course start time
Cooling	Audience presence, course start time
Heating	Audience presence, course start time
Computing	Audience presence, course start time
Presentation	Start a presentation
Display	Start a presentation

A Context-aware Smart Classroom for Enhanced Learning Environment

Article Category: Research-Article

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Sept. 2018

Seitenbereich: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2018-007

Schlüsselwörter
Automation, Adaptation, Classroom, Context-aware, Rule system, Smart space

© 2018 Moeiz Miraoui published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Light system adaptation rules.

Equipment services and their forms.

Service forms changing information.

Temperature system adaptation rules.

Service triggering information.

A Context-aware Smart Classroom for Enhanced Learning Environment

Article Category: Research-Article

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Sept. 2018

Seitenbereich: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2018-007

SchlüsselwörterAutomation, Adaptation, Classroom, Context-aware, Rule system, Smart space

© 2018 Moeiz Miraoui published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Light system adaptation rules.

Equipment services and their forms.

Service forms changing information.

Temperature system adaptation rules.

Service triggering information.

Schlüsselwörter
Automation, Adaptation, Classroom, Context-aware, Rule system, Smart space