Didactics of Smart Pedagogy

The focus on smart education has become a new trend in the global educational field. Some countries have already developed smart education systems and there is increasing pressure coming from business and tech communities to continue this development. Simultaneously, there are only fragmented studies on the didactic aspects of technology usage. Thus, pedagogy as a science must engage in a new research direction—smart pedagogy. This book seeks to engage in a new research direction, that of smart pedagogy. It launches discussions on how to use all sorts of smart education solutions in the context of existing learning theories and on how to apply innovative solutions in order to reduce the marginalization of groups in educational contexts. It also explores transformations of pedagogical science, the role of the educator, applicable teaching methods, learning outcomes, and research and assessment of acquired knowledge in an effort to make the smart education process meaningful to a wide audience of international educators, researchers, and administrators working within and tangential to TEL.

• Technology enhanced learning environment
• TEL environment
• Digital generation
• Learning theories for smart pedagogy
• Smart competencies
• Soft competencies
• Virtual reality for education
• Principles of teaching and learning in smart pedagogy
• Common core curriculum
• Transformative educational environment
• Game-based learning
• Collaborative learning
• Developmental theories in the context of smart pedagogy
• Age-appropriate learning
• Knowledge construction principles
• Neo-social constructivism
• Motivation in educational processes
• Sensor (motor) development in smart learning environments
• learning and instruction

• Faculty of Education, Psychology, and Art, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

  Linda Daniela

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