Future Teaching and Learning Applications in the Smart Campus

Abstract

As the population of cities rise, environmental concerns become a greater issue owing to the exponential increase in the use of natural resources. This raises further issues regarding the sustainability of environments wherein individuals perform different activities. ICT, for example, plays a key role in the sustainability of resources, which presents an obstacle for large areas of a city and its societal structure. University campuses and cities can easily be compared in terms of size and represent environments that are challenging to replicate in another ecosystem. The idea is conceived by transforming a conventional campus into a smart campus based on a smart city model, where the incorporation of technologies or innovative developments meets individual needs (e.g., teaching and learning) with power over resource use. This chapter explores prospective applications for teaching and learning in a scaled environment or university campus.