There has been a considerable progress in integrating technological innovations to facilitate the learning process. This has a potentially important implications on student’s learning process as well as the role of teachers. SMART Classroom is a machine-assisted educational platform developed in Korea that allows learners to study at their own pace while teachers play a role as advisers, coaches and facilitators. Artificial intelligence allows for identification of optimal lessons based on learning algorithms and patterns of individual learning. The session will showcase an example of a framework of Korean education policies and an initiative of smart classroom, and how it has contributed to improving the learning quality and reducing the education gap in Korea. @cristobalcobo https://cristobalcobo.net

1. HOW SMART ARE SMART CLASSROOMS?
A series of futuristic pictures by Jean-Marc Côté and other artists issued in France in 1899,
Cristobal Cobo - @cristobalcobo
Sr. Education and Technology Specialist - Education GP

2. the term smart classroom is often used as a
catch-all term for classrooms with technology

3. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework
integration
(ecosystem)
smart
classroom

4. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework
• architecture, physical
environments (HBI)
• furnitures,
• ambient (humidity, light,
noise, air quality)

5. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework
(55% Secondary schools SC) Ministry of Education, Rwanda.

6. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework
• electricity/connectivity
• Hardware: connected
devices / smart board,
tablets, phones, touch
tablets, projector,
camera (RFID), sensors
(biometric), VR/AR
• Software: platforms
(LMS), cloud, contents
(library), apps (games),
automated scoring

7. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework
Ceibal en ingles (Uruguay)

8. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework
• students information
systems (EMIS),
• analytics (teacher
dashboard),
• adaptive (AI, intelligent
tutoring systems),
• anti-plagarism
• open standards and
interoperability

9. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework
Jinhua Xiaoshun - Primary School (WSJ)

10. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework
• teacher-student,
• student-student
(collaboration),
• student-content (access)
• synchronous (same time)
and/or asynchronous
(same "virtual" space)
• learning setting: formal,
informal (exploration),
blended (flipped)

11. environment
technological
infrastructure
data
infrastructure
pedagogical
framework New Hampshire > Buenos Aires (flourishingin5th)

12. Classroom revolution through SMART education in the Republic of Korea: case study by the UNESCO-Fazheng project on best practices in mobile learning https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000366729
Bouslama, F., & Kalota, F. (2013, December). Creating smart classrooms to benefit from innovative
technologies and learning space design. In 2013 International Conference on Current Trends in
Information Technology (CTIT) (pp. 102-106). IEEE.
Sensor
RFID
Reader
Student ID
Attendance
Education Enterprise Architecture

13. "motivation and perceived effectiveness of technologies in the
smart classroom were not related to their learning outcome".
Hangzhou No. 11 High School,
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-in-china-classroom-cameras-scan-student-faces-for-emotion-stoking
<break down complex structures to simpler ones>
Improvements in
problem solving
& comm skills
(Willard Van De Bogart, 2016)

14. benefits • Engaging
• Lab for experimentation
• Good balance Tech/F2F
(online, flipped)
• Textbook integration
(extra contents)
• Interactive & dynamic
sessions
• Support teachers role

15. challenges
• High costs & + investments
• Training (demanding)
• Distraction/overuse
(neck, wrist, video games)
• Technical support
• Evidence (mixed)

16. key
takeaways
• Better evidence:
World Bank Strategic
Impact Evaluation
Fund (http://sief/) call
for proposals to
evaluate Edtech
interventions.
• Ecosystem:
EdTech policies need
a holistic and clear
vision (http://edtech/).
James A. Garfield Elementary School (Washington, D.C.)
Cristobal Cobo - @cristobalcobo
Sr. Education and Technology Specialist - Education GP

17. • Bouslama, F., & Kalota, F. (2013, December). Creating smart classrooms to benefit from innovative technologies
and learning space design. In 2013 International Conference on Current Trends in Information Technology
(CTIT) (pp. 102-106). IEEE.
• Van De Bogart, W., & Wichadee, S. (2016). Students’ Perceived Effectiveness of Educational Technologies and
Motivation in Smart Classroom. TEM Journal, 5(4), 566.
• UNESCO (2019) Classroom revolution through SMART education in the Republic of Korea: case study by the
UNESCO-Fazheng project on best practices in mobile learning
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000366729
• Huang, Li-Shing, Jui-Yuan Su, and Tsang-Long Pao. "A context aware smart classroom architecture for smart
campuses." Applied Sciences 9.9 (2019): 1837.
• Saini, Mukesh Kumar, and Neeraj Goel. "How Smart Are Smart Classrooms? A Review of Smart Classroom
Technologies." ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) 52.6 (2019): 1-28. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3365757
• Bouslama, Faouzi, and Faisal Kalota. "Creating smart classrooms to benefit from innovative technologies and
learning space design." 2013 International Conference on Current Trends in Information Technology (CTIT). IEEE,
2013. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6749486
• Ministry of Education from Rwanda (2018) Smart Classroom Design Concept Note. Ministry of Education. Rwanda
https://mineduc.gov.rw/fileadmin/SFlavia/smart_classrom_design_with_plan__1_.pdf
• Yang, Junfeng, et al. "Evaluation of smart classroom from the perspective of infusing technology into
pedagogy." Smart Learning Environments 5.1 (2018): 1-11.

18. teacher as supervisor
http://porvir.org/espaco-maker-e-o-fim-da-era-do-laboratorio-de-informatica/
teacher as facilitator
Role Space Maker Computer Lab
Student Protagonist User applications
Teacher Co author Supervise
Technology Enabler
Information
management
Team work
Round table /
Collectives
Small / limited
Creative
Potential
Almost
unlimited
Restricted to
softwares
Learning
Diverse. It
emerges when
creating
Mainly
Curriculum
Error
Part of the
process,
incorporated
Avoid to fail