Abstract
Smart learning is the learning activity which can enable high learning experiences, high content suitability, and high learning efficient. The research on smart learning and smart learning environment (SLE) is just at the very beginning. There has not been a mature research framework on smart learning. Thus, this paper proposes a theoretical model for smart learning, aiming to provide a research framework for smart learning. This theoretical model is composed of supportive SLE and smart learning cycle. SLE is an open-ended, intelligent, and integrated learning space based theoretically on constructivist learning theory, blended learning theory, and modern education methods, which is composed of the corresponding devices, tools, techniques, media, teaching resources, teacher communities, and learner communities. The smart learning cycle includes three factors of learner: metal system, learning behaviors, and outcomes. These three factors are connected by four types of interactions: the plan of smart learning from learner’s mental system; the execution, monitoring, and evaluation of learning behaviors; the feedback from learning outcomes to learning behaviors; and the feedback from learning outcomes to mental system. This model could provide a framework for the further studies which aim at building an effective SLE by considering different features and factors of smart learning.
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Liu, X., Huang, R., Chang, TW. (2016). Design of Theoretical Model for Smart Learning. In: Li, Y., et al. State-of-the-Art and Future Directions of Smart Learning. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-868-7_9
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