IJSmartTL focuses on the design, application and assessment of smart learning technologies, highlighting how smart learning technologies should be properly implemented in education to enhance smart learning. This perspective acknowledges not only the significance of emerging smart learning technologies but also the importance of educational outcomes those technologies bring. IJSmartTL encourages researchers and educators to be reflective of the use of smart educational technologies and focus on its fundamental goals.
Smart Technology
Smart Technology trends in education, e.g. cloud computing, wearable technology, mobile/game-based learning, open content, etc.
Design and development of learning environments using various smart technologies
Evaluation of smart technology-based learning environments
Influence of different smart technology-based learning environments on learning, achievement and motivation
Smart Learning
Various learning strategies supporting smart learning: formal/informal, personalised, adaptive, social, self-directed etc.
Understanding smart learning processes
Applications of learning analytics and educational data mining
Role of monitoring and assessment in smart technology-based learning
Effectiveness of different types of monitoring approaches, assessment and evaluation
Smart Teaching
Pedagogical frameworks for integrating smart technology into learning environments
Role of learning sciences, educational psychology and instructional theory in smart teaching
Role of teachers in smart technology-based learning
Challenges and barriers teachers face when adopting smart emerging technologies
Models/frameworks that guide the professional development of smart teachers
Editor in Chief
Gu, Xiaoqing, East China Normal University, China
(guxqecnugmail.com)
Associate Editor
Lin, Lin, University of North Texas, USA
Assistant Editor
Li, Jingshu, East China Normal University, China
Regional Editors
Mason, Jon, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Yin, Chengjiu, Kyushu University, Japan
Yuan, Li, University of Bolton, UK
Editorial Board Members
Bennett, Rick, University of New South Wales, Australia
Bonk, Curt, Indiana University, USA
Chang, Hua-hua, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Crook, Charles, University of Nottingham, UK
Giovannella, Carlo, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Hartnell-Young, Elizabeth, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jin, Hui, Shanghai International Studies University, China
Joiner, Richard, University of Bath, UK
Kaur, Abtar, Open University Malaysia, Malaysia
Lee, Mimi, University of Houston, USA
Mbwette, Tolly, Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania, United Republic of
Meng, Qi, Shanghai Normal University, China
Sánchez, Jaime, University of Chile, Chile
Slotta, Jim, University of Toronto, Canada
So, Hyo-Jeong, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Specht, Marcus, Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands
Sullivan, Florence, University of Massachusetts, USA
Tamura, Yasuhisa, Sophia University, Japan
Vidal, Gérard, ENS de Lyon and IFÉ , France
Wegerif, Rupert B., University of Exeter, UK
Wong, Lung-Hsiang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Wu, Ying-Tien, National Central University, Taiwan
Zhang, Jianwei, University at Albany – SUNY, USA
Zhang, Yi, Central China Normal University, China
Zhao, Jianhua, South China Normal University, China
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