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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...

A Context-aware Smart Classroom for Enhanced Learning Environment

Article Category: Research-Article

Data publikacji: 03 wrz 2018

Zakres stron: 1 - 8

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

Słowa kluczowe
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.

A Context-aware Smart Classroom for Enhanced Learning Environment

Article Category: Research-Article

Data publikacji: 03 wrz 2018

Zakres stron: 1 - 8

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

Słowa kluczoweAutomation, 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.

Słowa kluczowe
Automation, Adaptation, Classroom, Context-aware, Rule system, Smart space