State-of-the-Art and Future Directions of Smart Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Influencing Metacognition in a Traditional Classroom Environment Through Learning Analytics

   • Wayne J. Brown, Kinshuk

   Pages 1-12

3. Predicting Newcomer Integration in Online Knowledge Communities by Automated Dialog Analysis

   • Nicolae Nistor, Mihai Dascălu, Lucia Larise Stavarache, Christian Tarnai, Ștefan Trăușan-Matu

   Pages 13-17

4. SCALE: A Competence Analytics Framework

   • David Boulanger, Jérémie Seanosky, Colin Pinnell, Jason Bell, Vivekanandan Kumar, Kinshuk

   Pages 19-30

5. VAT-RUBARS: A Visualization and Analytical Tool for a Rule-Based Recommender System to Support Teachers in a Learner-Centered Learning Approach

   • Hazra Imran, Kirstie Ballance, Julia Marques Carvalho Da Silva, Kinshuk, Sabine Graf

   Pages 31-38

6. Improving Learning Style Identification by Considering Different Weights of Behavior Patterns Using Particle Swarm Optimization

   • Jason Bernard, Ting-Wen Chang, Elvira Popescu, Sabine Graf

   Pages 39-49

7. Designing Mobile Games for Improving Self-esteem in Children with ADHD

   • Nilufar Baghaei, John Casey, Yvette Ahmad, Hai-Ning Liang, Zhen Yu

   Pages 51-59

8. Smart Classroom 2.0 for the Next Generation of Science Learning in Taiwan

   • Chun-Yen Chang, Chia-Li Debra Chen, Yueh-Hsia Chang

   Pages 61-67

9. Software-Defined Networking (SDN)-Based Network Services for Smart Learning Environment

   • Kannan Govindarajan, Vivekanandan Suresh Kumar, David Boulanger, Jérémie Seanosky, Jason Bell, Colin Pinnell et al.

   Pages 69-76

10. Design of Theoretical Model for Smart Learning

    • Xiaolin Liu, Ronghuai Huang, Ting-Wen Chang

    Pages 77-86

11. AlecsoApps: Toward Empowering Mobile Applications Development in the Arab World

    • Mohamed Jemni, Koutheair Khribi, Achraf Othman, Oussama Elghoul, Kabil Jaballah

    Pages 87-93

12. Designing Creativity Developing Activities and Studying the Effects on Students in Web-Based Learning Environments

    • Sezer Köse Biber, Zerrin Ayvaz Reis

    Pages 95-104

13. Toward a Learning Ecosystem to Support Flipped Classroom: A Conceptual Framework and Early Results

    • Michail N. Giannakos, John Krogstie, Trond Aalberg

    Pages 105-114

14. Historical Overview of Adaptive e-learning Approaches Focusing on the Underlying Pedagogy

    • Anna Mavroudi, Thanasis Hadzilacos

    Pages 115-121

15. Using the Hybrid Social Learning Network to Explore Concepts, Practices, Designs and Smart Services for Networked Professional Learning

    • John Cook, Tobias Ley, Ronald Maier, Yishay Mor, Patricia Santos, Elisabeth Lex et al.

    Pages 123-129

16. Quantitative Analysis of Newcomer Integration in MMORPG Communities

    • Nicolae Nistor

    Pages 131-136

17. Designing a Learning Recommender System by Incorporating Resource Association Analysis and Social Interaction Computing

    • Yanyan Li, Yafeng Zheng, Jia Kang, Haogang Bao

    Pages 137-143

18. Investigating Students’ Blogging Activity in Project-Based Learning Settings

    • Elvira Popescu

    Pages 145-155

19. How Video Usage Styles Affect Student Engagement? Implications for Video-Based Learning Environments

    • Michail N. Giannakos, Letizia Jaccheri, John Krogstie

    Pages 157-163

20. Student Engagement Pattern in Wiki- and Moodle-Based Learning Environments—A Case Study on Romania

    • Liana Stanca, Cristina Felea

    Pages 165-171

This book provides an archival forum for researchers, academics, practitioners and industry professionals interested and/or engaged in reforming teaching and learning methods by transforming today’s learning environments into smart learning environments. It will facilitate opportunities for discussions and constructive dialogue between various stakeholders on the limitations of current learning environments, the need for reform, innovative uses of emerging pedagogical approaches and technologies, and sharing and promoting best practices, which will lead to the evolution, design and implementation of smart learning environments. The focus of the contributions is on the interplay and fusion of pedagogy and technology to create these new environments. The components of this interplay include but are not limited to:

• Pedagogy: learning paradigms, assessment paradigms, social factors, policy

• Technology: emerging technologies, innovative uses of mature technologies, adoption, usability, standards, and emerging/new technological paradigms (open educational resources, cloud computing, etc.)

• Fusion of pedagogy and technology: transformation of curricula, transformation of teaching behavior, transformation of administration, best practices of infusion, piloting of new ideas.

• Cloud Education
• Future Learning Environments
• ICSLE2015
• Learning Analytics
• Pedagogy and Technology
• Smart Learning
• Smart Learning Environments
• Technology-rich Classroom

• Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

  Yanyan Li, Ronghuai Huang

• Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada

  Maiga Chang

• RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

  Milos Kravcik

• University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

  Elvira Popescu

• Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada

  Kinshuk

• National Sun Yat-sen University, Taipei, Taiwan

  Nian-Shing Chen

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