Abstract
The limitations and work processes for how people work and interact are suffering changes due to the very fast development of technologies. The use of computers as daily instruments has a reflective effect on people’s activity and attitudes towards work. It is a challenge to take advantage of emergent technologies and also to overcome these technologies such as pervasive and smart places. We have changed the way we work shifting often our physical boundaries and how we operate. In this position paper we describe a simple activity analysis of a teacher’s class from a high school, based on activity theory, observations and semi-structured interviews. Specifically, we outline our perspective of ambient intelligence in smart education.
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We would like to thank the teachers who participated in this research. The institutional support from Escola da APEL was generously provided by the director Pe. Fernando Gonçalves, by the pedagogical director Gonçalo Faria and by the administrative secretary Rubina Mendonça. We would also like to thank the previous pedagogical director Marco Gomes. Thanks to ARDITI - Regional Agency for the Development of Research Technology and Innovation through the support provided by the M14-20 Project - 09-5369-FSE-000001- PhD Scholarship. E.F. was supported by FCT MCTES and NOVA LINCS UID/CEC/04516/2013.
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Gonçalves, F., Fermé, E., Martins, A.L., Ferreira, J.C. (2017). Towards Activity Theory - Preliminary Report: Ambient Intelligence Applied to Smart Education. In: Madureira, A., Abraham, A., Gamboa, D., Novais, P. (eds) Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. ISDA 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 557. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53480-0_62
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