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  2. There are several concepts in 2D Geometry that require understanding their application in the real practical world. However, in classrooms, such concepts are often taught without the analysis of the learners’ ...

    Authors: Pratiti Sarkar, Kapil Kadam and Jayesh S. Pillai

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:17

    Content type: Research

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  3. Health-care education based upon technology enabled mannequins (high-fidelity simulators) is a costly investment for colleges and universities. However, a hybrid model using wearable technology integrated with...

    Authors: Wayne J. Brown and Richard A. W. Tortorella

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:16

    Content type: Research

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  4. Contemporary technology enhanced learning together with different innovative learning methodologies are significantly initiating progress in educational ecosystems. Educational systems and tools that invoke ac...

    Authors: Brankica Bratić, Vasileios Triglianos, Vladimir Kurbalija, Cesare Pautasso and Mirjana Ivanović

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:15

    Content type: Research

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  5. Several successful initiatives have resulted from the OER movement. One of them is Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) which is a popular learning mode as it offers an affordable and flexible way to learn. How...

    Authors: Alaa A.Qaffas, Kaouther Kaabi, Rustam Shadiev and Fathi Essalmi

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:14

    Content type: Research

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  8. While several studies were conducted to investigate the current state of Open Educational Resources (OER) in several regions (e.g., Europe, America, Middle East and MENA), to the best of our knowledge, no stud...

    Authors: Ahmed Tlili, Mohamed Jemni, Mohamed Koutheair Khribi, Ronghuai Huang, Ting-Wen Chang and Dejian Liu

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:11

    Content type: Research

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  11. This paper presents and analyses a pedagogical model which focuses on ‘praxis’. Portfolio dialogue, case writing and signature pedagogy mapping are all identified as central to this model. These pedagogical pr...

    Authors: Julie Arnold and Brian Mundy

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:8

    Content type: Research

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  12. The present paper presents the planning, implementation, observation and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data of a participatory action research, aiming to study the potential role, value and use...

    Authors: Philippos Koutsakas, Charalampos Karagiannidis, Panagiotis Politis and Ilias Karasavvidis

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:7

    Content type: Research

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  14. The aim of this study was to investigate the reality of smart devices’ employment in teaching and learning in Jordanian universities from the perspective of instructors. A random sample of (364) instructors we...

    Authors: Nouwar Q. Al-Hamad, Asma Q. AlHamad and Faruq A. Al-Omari

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:5

    Content type: Research

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  15. In recent years there has been an increase in research focusing on the effectiveness of using video games as educational digital resources that can contribute to the learning process at different levels, which...

    Authors: Luiz Valério Neto, Paulo H.F. Fontoura Junior, Rogério A. Bordini, Joice L. Otsuka and Delano M. Beder

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:4

    Content type: Research

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  16. The gamification of education can enhance levels of students’ engagement similar to what games can do, to improve their particular skills and optimize their learning. On the other hand, scientific studies have...

    Authors: Rodrigo Smiderle, Sandro José Rigo, Leonardo B. Marques, Jorge Arthur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho and Patricia A. Jaques

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:3

    Content type: Research

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  17. Understanding the academic performance of students in colleges is an essential topic in Education research field. Educators, program coordinators and professors are interested in understanding how students are...

    Authors: Ronak Etemadpour, Yongcheng Zhu, Qizhi Zhao, Yilun Hu, Bohan Chen, Mohammed Asif Sharier, Shirong Zheng and Jose Gustavo S. Paiva

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:2

    Content type: Research

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  18. The number of disabled students is rapidly increasing worldwide, but many schools and universities have failed to keep up with their learning needs. Consequently, large numbers of disabled students are droppin...

    Authors: Xiangling Zhang, Ahmed Tlili, Fabio Nascimbeni, Daniel Burgos, Ronghuai Huang, Ting-Wen Chang, Mohamed Jemni and Mohamed Koutheair Khribi

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2020 7:1

    Content type: Review

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  20. The ever-growing amount of learning material poses a challenge to both learners and teachers. In order to perform a learning task, students often need to search for additional information. Inquiry might be ham...

    Authors: Christian Grévisse, Steffen Rothkugel and Robert A. P. Reuter

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:28

    Content type: Research

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  21. Since years, the logic course in the first year of our Bachelor program in Computer Science, dealing with propositional and predicate logic, suffers from poor pass rates. The students perceive the formal and a...

    Authors: Olga De Troyer, Renny Lindberg and Pejman Sajjadi

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:27

    Content type: Research

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  25. This paper presents findings from a study which explored the ways in which post-secondary educators in British Columbia are reforming their teaching and learning practice as result of open education. Using a p...

    Authors: Michael Paskevicius and Valerie Irvine

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:23

    Content type: Research

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  26. Games are seen as environments that promote the engagement of children to the learning of Computational Thinking (CT) concepts. The new forms of interaction using body movements and gestures have increased in ...

    Authors: Luciana Zaina, Elisa Castro, Suellen Martinelli and Tiemi Sakata

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:22

    Content type: Research

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  28. In the present work we carried out a qualitative educational research to assess the perceptions of a group of students that attended (weekly and non-mandatory) complementary classes of a physics course during ...

    Authors: Nicolás Budini, Luis Marino, Ricardo Carreri, Cristina Cámara and Silvia Giorgi

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:20

    Content type: Short report

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  29. Education at universities requires a high proportion of self-study supported by instruments which motivate students to deepen their knowledge with case studies and training software. The gain in learning is hi...

    Authors: Daniel Friedrich

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:19

    Content type: Research

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  30. In this study, an intervention engine based on learning analytics was designed and developed. The intervention engine is named the Intelligent Intervention System (In2S). Within the scope of this research; In2S s...

    Authors: Muhittin Şahin and Halil Yurdugül

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:18

    Content type: Research

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  32. Gamification has been widely employed in the educational domain over the past eight years when the term became a trend. However, the literature states that gamification still lacks formal definitions to suppor...

    Authors: Armando M. Toda, Ana C. T. Klock, Wilk Oliveira, Paula T. Palomino, Luiz Rodrigues, Lei Shi, Ig Bittencourt, Isabela Gasparini, Seiji Isotani and Alexandra I. Cristea

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:16

    Content type: Research

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  33. Training efficiency is important for functional fitness training because it assures the trainees receive appropriate training to meet their needs of skill formation. With the support of technologies, the funct...

    Authors: I-Chun Hung, Shih-Chieh Wang, Yueh-Hui Vanessa Chiang, Junfeng Yang, Kinshuk and Nian-Shing Chen

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:15

    Content type: Research

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  34. In Smart Learning Environments, students need to be aware of their academic performance so they can self-regulate their learning process. Likewise, the teaching process can also be improved if instructors are ...

    Authors: Hiran Ferreira, Guilherme P. de Oliveira, Rafael Araújo, Fabiano Dorça and Renan Cattelan

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:14

    Content type: Research

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  35. A growing number of language learners use ubiquitous language learning applications to learn anytime and anywhere. Learners translate and learn isolated words inspired by their activities and surroundings. How...

    Authors: Victoria Abou-Khalil, Samar Helou, Brendan Flanagan, Mei-Rong Alice Chen and Hiroaki Ogata

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:13

    Content type: Research

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  36. Oratory or the art of public speaking with eloquence has been cultivated since ancient times. However, the fear of speaking in public -a disproportionate reaction to the threatening situation of facing an audi...

    Authors: Meriem El-Yamri, Alejandro Romero-Hernandez, Manuel Gonzalez-Riojo and Borja Manero

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:12

    Content type: Research

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  37. This work seeks to help students in improving their first research reports, based on natural language processing techniques. We present a Conclusion model that includes three schemes: Goal Connectedness, Judgm...

    Authors: Aurelio López-López, Samuel González-López and Jesús Miguel García-Gorrostieta

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:11

    Content type: Research

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  38. Educational data mining (EDM) processes have shifted towards open-ended processes with visualizations and parameter and predictive model adjusting. Data and models in hyperdimensions can be visualized for end-...

    Authors: Tapani Toivonen, Ilkka Jormanainen and Markku Tukiainen

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:10

    Content type: Research

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  39. Smart devices and intelligent technologies are enabling a smart learning environment to effectively promote the development of personalized learning and adaptive learning, in line with the trend of acceleratin...

    Authors: Hongchao Peng, Shanshan Ma and Jonathan Michael Spector

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:9

    Content type: Research

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  40. Along with the increasing attention to artificial intelligence (AI), renewed emphasis or reflection on human intelligence (HI) is appearing in many places and at multiple levels. One of the foci is critical th...

    Authors: Jonathan Michael Spector and Shanshan Ma

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:8

    Content type: Commentary

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  42. Gamification is the application of game mechanisms in non-gaming environments with the objective of enhancing user experience. In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of gamification in educational con...

    Authors: Kalpana Nand, Nilufar Baghaei, John Casey, Bashar Barmada, Farhad Mehdipour and Hai-Ning Liang

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:6

    Content type: Research

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  43. In the context of distance education, lab and field work are a considerable challenge for students, professors, and institutions. This paper presents a Telepresence Robot Empowered Smart Lab (TRESL) system as ...

    Authors: Qing Tan, Marc Denojean-Mairet, Hongxue Wang, Xiaokun Zhang, Frédérique C. Pivot and Roland Treu

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:5

    Content type: Research

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  44. Early prediction systems have already been applied successfully in various educational contexts. In this study, we investigated developing an early prediction system in the context of eBook-based teaching-lear...

    Authors: Gökhan Akçapınar, Mohammad Nehal Hasnine, Rwitajit Majumdar, Brendan Flanagan and Hiroaki Ogata

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:4

    Content type: Research

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  46. In the KOSMOS-2 project, a smart learning approach in form of a modern portal for students at Universities has been developed, called “MeinKosmos”. An important question from the point of view of universities ...

    Authors: Alke Martens, Kurt Sandkuhl, Birger Lantow, Holger Lehmann, Wolf-Dieter Lettau and Falk Radisch

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:2

    Content type: Research

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  47. Online learners participate in various educational activities including reading, writing, watching video tutorials, online exams, and online meetings. During the participation in these educational activities, ...

    Authors: M. Ali Akber Dewan, Mahbub Murshed and Fuhua Lin

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2019 6:1

    Content type: Review

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  49. While the most used method to model the learner’s personality is the self-report using questionnaires, this study presents and validates a newly developed framework for implicitly modeling the learners’ person...

    Authors: Mouna Denden, Ahmed Tlili, Fathi Essalmi and Mohamed Jemni

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2018 5:29

    Content type: Research

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  50. The higher education sector has witnessed a drastic change due to new advanced technologies including computers and smartphones. As a result, higher education will need to establish a solid foundation aided by...

    Authors: Mohammad Abdulrahman Al-Mashhadani and Marwah Firas Al-Rawe

    Citation: Smart Learning Environments 2018 5:28

    Content type: Research

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