Smart Classrooms for Distance Education and their Adoption to Multiple Classroom Architecture

Abstract

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" align="left"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; font-size: 8.5pt;">This paper provides an overview of the technologies used in smart classrooms for distance education by classifying smart classrooms into four categories and discussing the type of </span></span><span style="font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; font-size: 8.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="text">technologies used in their implementation. It gives an example of a successful implementation of distance education technology being used to link university campuses in Japan and the US, and </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="text">describes its underlying architecture and implementation technologies. It examines the methodologies being used to make distance learning an exciting experience and as effective as the traditional classroom type education. Furthermore, the paper shows how a similar architecture can be extended to a model where a single local class can simultaneously cater to the needs of multiple remote classrooms and presents a workable solution to some of the technical challenges that exits in multipoint, multiple classroom architecture. Finally, it shows how some of the inherent challenges of the system are being managed and identifies physical and practical limitations of a multiple classroom architecture for a successful remote lecturing environment.</span></span></p

Smart Classroom – A Stepping Stone in Making Digital India

“…In many schools and Colleges in India, attendance is taken manually and absentees are written in a sheet of paper and passed on to the office room by an office assistant [8]. This process takes most of the time in the class hours and hence students cannot utilize the entire learning time [9]. Often important notices and circulars are sent by an office assistant and read at each and every classroom separately.…”

Smart Class Room Monitoring System

“…Single local class proposed in [6] solves the challenges involved in the multipoint-multiple classroom architecture and it provides a service to multiple remote classrooms in an efficient manner. Web browser used in smart phones provides access to the World Wide Web (WWW) [7]. Smart objects are created using the two dimensional barcode labels.…”

Developing the rotational synchronous teaching (RST) model: Examination of the connected classroom climate

“…Smart classrooms also integrate web cameras to record instruction for synchronous broadcasting or asynchronous playback. When more than one smart classroom is connected via synchronous computer-mediated communication, a new learning environment emerges: the multiple synchronous smart classroom learning environment (MSSC) (e.g., Alelaiwi et al, 2015;Pishva & Nishantha, 2008). The present study is based on this interpretation of MSSC.…”