From a Smart Education Environment to an Eco-School through Fog & Cloud Computing in IoT Context

Abstract

One of the most visible domains of the last decade emerging technological explosion is education. In this paper we will analyze the educational field seen as an intelligent learning environment, in the context of a modern information and communication technology paradigm: fog & cloud computing. An intelligent educational environment built on the IoT (Internet of Things) ecosystem involves at least two dimensions: conceptual and functional. These aspects will be highlighted in this paper, identifying the intensity of cloud computing relations and fog computing – IoT, as global infrastructure for building an intelligent education environment. In the current economic, social and environmental conditions, developing an intelligent educational frame must take into account multiple aspects. Among them are critical factors, like legal frame, ecological dimension and quality insurance. Any intelligent educational frame must consider the environmental factors and converge towards and ecological structure, an eco-school.

Keywords

• Fog & Cloud Computing
• Eco-School
• Internet of Things
• Smart Education
• Holistic Approach.