A Social Web of Things Approach to a Smart Campus Model

Abstract

New technological advances in user mobility and context immersion are enabling novel adaptive and pervasive learning models in ambient environments. In this paper, we aim at developing a novel ubiquitous learning model within a pervasive smart campus environment. We define a model of a smart campus, and advocate learning practices in the light of new paradigms such as context-awareness, ubiquitous learning, pervasive environment, resource virtualization, autnomic computing and adaptive learning. In this environment, we profile learners and augment physical campus structures to advocate contextaware learning processes. We also suggest a social community platform for knowledge sharing which involves peer learners, domain experts as well as campus physical resources.