Affiliation:
1. Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Abstract
Smart learners are lifelong learners whose potential is unleashed by the seamless use of smart technologies (i.e., smartphones, tablets, tablet PCs, sensor network nodes, contact-less smart cards, RFID, and QR codes) to access huge amounts of open resources and connections, anywhere and anytime. Personal, and personalized, smart technologies increase a learner's independence in a novel way, and make the context for engaging in study more tailored and potentially self-directed. This chapter illustrates the QR code format, a framework that supports smart learning by the integration of paper-based and digital learning material through quick response (QR) code. The format was devised within the research project Learning4All (2009-2012) and was validated by several learning experiences of English as a foreign language (EFL) for different clusters. Subsequently, the format was selected as an element of techno-pedagogical innovation in the Eureka project (2012-2014), a network of 11 schools in Apulia, Italy, for the enhancement of curriculum continuity from middle into high school.
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