A Proposal for the Smart Classroom Infrastructure Using IoT and Artificial Intelligence

With the technological developments of recent years, the concept of the “Smart Classroom” has gained in importance and is increasingly becoming a plausible reality. This refers to a classroom in which real-time data collection facilitates decision-making to improve teaching and learning processes. This article presents a proposal for the smart classroom infrastructure that utilises based on the Internet of Things and Cognitive and Intelligent Systems. It consists of a number of perception units that focus on monitoring environmental variables such as light, air quality and noise, as well as variables related to the actors involved (students and teachers), especially those about emotions (which play a crucial role in educational processes). The information extracted from the data is stored and analysed by the classroom agent, which provides teachers with relevant information and suggestions in a timely manner. It is important to further develop our smart classroom infrastructure and test it in real environments to evaluate its potential and benefits in terms of the teaching and learning process, as well as to identify possible drawbacks and obstacles to implementation.