Smart Learning Content Research Articles

How teachers manage their classroom in the digital learning environment – experiences from the University Smart Learning Project

The development of modern technologies facilitated for teachers to integrate and use them in managing their teaching classroom. The aim of this paper is to explore how teachers in the Khon Kaen University (KKU) Smart Learning Project use the smart learning concept and innovation to manage their classroom in the digital learning environment. The qualitative research was conducted to clarify the teaching process of teachers in Grade 7–9 at junior high schools using KKU Smart Learning with three subjects (namely, Mathematics, Science, and English). Consequently, 18 in-depth interviews and six observations were done. The results of this research showed that teachers applied and used the basis of KKU Smart Learning technologies, contents, and guidelines to manage their classroom, including design teaching activities in accordance with the learners’ characteristics; create a pleasant learning atmosphere to enhance their thinking ability, knowledge and skills; organize learning activities and solve problematic situations; promote learning motivation; develop and evaluate learners' competence. However, the classroom management of teachers faced with some problems concerning the limitation of internet connection, lack of digital devices and digital literacy of teachers and learners. The findings of this paper have implications for educators, administrators, teachers and stakeholders to design holistic solutions to enhance the quality of educational activities and academic performance.

Knowledge-Based Design Analytics for Authoring Courses with Smart Learning Content

Knowledge-Based Design Analytics for Authoring Courses with Smart Learning Content

Exploring the residents’ perspective on smart learning modalities and contents for virtual urology education: Lesson learned during the COVID-19 pandemic

PurposeThe COVID-19 outbreak has substantially altered residents’ training activities.While several new virtual learning programs have been recently implemented, the perspective of urology trainees regarding their usefulness still needs to be investigated. MethodsA cross-sectional, 30-item, web-based Survey was conducted through Twitter from April 4th, 2020 to April 18th, 2020, aiming to evaluate the urology residents’ perspective on smart learning (SL) modalities (pre-recorded videos, webinars, podcasts, and social media [SoMe]), and contents (frontal lessons, clinical case discussions, updates on Guidelines and on clinical trials, surgical videos, Journal Clubs, and seminars on leadership and non-technical skills). ResultsOverall, 501 urology residents from 58 countries completed the survey. Of these, 78.4, 78.2, 56.9 and 51.9% of them considered pre-recorded videos, interactive webinars, podcasts and SoMe highly useful modalities of smart learning, respectively. The contents considered as highly useful by the greatest proportion of residents were updates on guidelines (84.8%) and surgical videos (81.0%). In addition, 58.9 and 56.5% of responders deemed seminars on leadership and on non-technical skills highly useful smart learning contents.The three preferred combinations of smart learning modality and content were: pre-recorded surgical videos, interactive webinars on clinical cases, and pre-recorded videos on guidelines. ConclusionOur study provides the first global “big picture” of the smart learning modalities and contents that should be prioritized to optimize virtual Urology education. While this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak, our findings might have even more impact in the future.

Explorando la perspectiva de los residentes sobre las modalidades y contenidos de aprendizaje inteligente para la educación virtual de urología: lección aprendida durante la pandemia de la COVID-19

PurposeThe COVID-19 outbreak has substantially altered residents’ training activities.While several new virtual learning programs have been recently implemented, the perspective of urology trainees regarding their usefulness still needs to be investigated. MethodsA cross-sectional, 30-item, web-based Survey was conducted through Twitter from April 4th, 2020 to April 18th, 2020, aiming to evaluate the urology residents’ perspective on smart learning (SL) modalities (pre-recorded videos, webinars, podcasts, and social media [SoMe]), and contents (frontal lessons, clinical case discussions, updates on Guidelines and on clinical trials, surgical videos, Journal Clubs, and seminars on leadership and non-technical skills). ResultsOverall, 501 urology residents from 58 countries completed the survey. Of these, 78.4, 78.2, 56.9 and 51.9% of them considered pre-recorded videos, interactive webinars, podcasts and SoMe highly useful modalities of smart learning, respectively. The contents considered as highly useful by the greatest proportion of residents were updates on guidelines (84.8%) and surgical videos (81.0%). In addition, 58.9 and 56.5% of responders deemed seminars on leadership and on non-technical skills highly useful smart learning contents.The three preferred combinations of smart learning modality and content were: pre-recorded surgical videos, interactive webinars on clinical cases, and pre-recorded videos on guidelines. ConclusionOur study provides the first global «big picture» of the smart learning modalities and contents that should be prioritized to optimize virtual Urology education. While this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak, our findings might have even more impact in the future.

몽골 초중고등학교의 스마트교실을 활용한 한국어교육

Journal of the International Network for Korean Language and Culture 17-2, 185-216. This paper aims to provide an overview of Korean language education in Mongolian elementary and secondary schools that use smart learning and to examine the usefulness of smart learning in Korean language education in the KFL environment as a new teaching-learning paradigm. This study reviewed theoretical studies of smart learning and discussed its main components and learning effectiveness in the Korean language in Mongolian elementary and secondary schools. As components of smart learning in the Korean language, this study focused on smart classrooms, which are composed of smart learning devices, smart learning contents of the Korean language, teaching methods, and teachers in charge of Korean language education. It also surveyed 15 teachers, and the results were analyzed to discuss the effectiveness of smart classrooms. To summarize these discussions, Korean language education in Mongolian elementary and secondary schools has proper components, and a relatively satisfactory learning effect. However, we are compelled to point out the limitations of this study which did not include a comparison of learning effects between the experimental and comparative groups owing to the special recent circumstances. Smart learning of the Korean language in Mongolian elementary and secondary schools has contributed to the expansion of Korean language education in Mongolia. It is considered a new educational paradigm that can be applied to the field of Korean language education in elementary and secondary schools abroad.(Sangmyung University)

Crossing the Borders: Re-Use of Smart Learning Objects in Advanced Content Access Systems

Researchers in many disciplines are developing novel interactive smart learning objects like exercises and visualizations. Meanwhile, Learning Management Systems (LMS) and eTextbook systems are also becoming more sophisticated in their ability to use standard protocols to make use of third party smart learning objects. But at this time, educational tool developers do not always make best use of the interoperability standards and need exemplars to guide and motivate their development efforts. In this paper we present a case study where the two large educational ecosystems use the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard to allow cross-sharing of their educational materials. At the end of our development process, Virginia Tech’s OpenDSA eTextbook system became able to import materials from Aalto University’s ACOS smart learning content server, such as python programming exercises and Parsons problems. Meanwhile, University of Pittsburgh’s Mastery Grids (which already uses the ACOS exercises) was made to support CodeWorkout programming exercises (a system already used within OpenDSA). Thus, four major projects in CS Education became inter-operable.

An integrated practice system for learning programming in Python: design and evaluation

Over the past decades, computer science educators have developed a multitude of interactive learning resources to support learning in various computer science domains, especially in introductory programming. While such smart content items are known to be beneficial, they are frequently offered through different login-based systems, each with its own student identification for giving credits and collecting log data. As a consequence, using more than one kind of smart learning content is rarely possible, due to overhead for both teachers and students caused by adopting and using several systems in the context of a single course. In this paper, we present a general purpose architecture for integrating multiple kinds of smart content into a single system. As a proof of this approach, we have developed the Python Grids practice system for learning Python, which integrates four kinds of smart content running on different servers across two continents. The system has been used over a whole semester in a large-scale introductory programming course to provide voluntary practice content for over 600 students. In turn, the ability to offer four kinds of content within a single system enabled us to examine the impact of using a variety of smart learning content on students’ studying behavior and learning outcomes. The results show that the majority of students who used the system were engaged with all four types of content, instead of only engaging with one or two types. Moreover, accessing multiple types of content correlated with higher course performance, as compared to using only one type of content. In addition, weekly practice with the system during the course also correlated with better overall course performance, rather than using it mainly for preparing for the course final examination. We also explored students’ motivational profiles and found that students using the system had higher levels of motivation than those who did not use the system. We discuss the implications of these findings.

Improving online learning activity interoperability with Acos server

SummaryModern online learning management systems (LMSs) support a variety of online learning activities, such as animations, exercises, and other interactive learning materials. However, there are many technical challenges in using the same activities in multiple LMSs because content is typically tightly coupled with one protocol to communicate with the LMS and different LMSs use different protocols for launching activities and receiving grades. This leads to low reusability of learning activities and similar content being developed in multiple places. To overcome these issues, we present Acos, a smart learning content server, which emphasizes the reusability of online learning activities by decoupling the content and existing interoperability protocols. It allows integrating the same learning activities into multiple LMSs using different protocols by providing a uniform interface for learning activities. Adapting this architecture allows instructors to choose activities based on pedagogical goals instead of letting technical restrictions of LMSs dictate the content selection process. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Smart Learning Contents Adaptation Engine for Learning Devices Types and Learner’s Property for Smart Learning

Smart Learning Contents Adaptation Engine for Learning Devices Types and Learner’s Property for Smart Learning

이기종 스마트 플랫폼 상에서의 하이브리드앱 기반 스마트러닝 콘텐츠 호환성에 관한 연구

With the development and general use of a variety of Android/iOS-based smart phones and smart pads, the existing e-learning contents need to be changed in such a way that they can be carried out on different smart device platforms. This paper shows what changes are needed for that aim, and, in particular, for the compatibility of different platforms by designing and implementing Android/iOS-based smart learning contents in the form of a hybrid app. This paper will hopefully help you consider what elements are required to develop smart-learning contents on a variety of platforms for mobile devices.

Smart Learning Services Based on Smart Cloud Computing

Context-aware technologies can make e-learning services smarter and more efficient since context-aware services are based on the user’s behavior. To add those technologies into existing e-learning services, a service architecture model is needed to transform the existing e-learning environment, which is situation-aware, into the environment that understands context as well. The context-awareness in e-learning may include the awareness of user profile and terminal context. In this paper, we propose a new notion of service that provides context-awareness to smart learning content in a cloud computing environment. We suggest the elastic four smarts (E4S)—smart pull, smart prospect, smart content, and smart push—concept to the cloud services so smart learning services are possible. The E4S focuses on meeting the users’ needs by collecting and analyzing users’ behavior, prospecting future services, building corresponding contents, and delivering the contents through cloud computing environment. Users’ behavior can be collected through mobile devices such as smart phones that have built-in sensors. As results, the proposed smart e-learning model in cloud computing environment provides personalized and customized learning services to its users.