Smart Classroom Project rethinks the design and digital learning of traditional classrooms

This scientific research project has the participation of the main universities of Catalonia to co-design and create flexible spaces that change according to the educational needs of the moment..

With the premise that the learning space in traditional classrooms in educational centers also has to adapt to new contexts and digital resources, Smart Classroom Project tries to respond to this renewal.

The Open Universities of Catalonia, from Barcelona, of VIC, Autonomous Government of Barcelona and Simón Bolivar participate in this scientific research project, The result of which has been the co-design and creation of spaces that allow learning based on the well-being of all the people who inhabit them..

The classrooms of this new generation are flexible and change according to the educational needs of the moment. In addition to the research, A consulting service is offered in educational centers, institutions and administrations that want to redesign their learning spaces, with special attention to the didactic and invisible integration of technologies.

Currently the research team collaborates with the Viladecans City Council for the redesign of eleven Early Childhood and Primary Schools, in addition to many other educational centers that have entrusted the process of co-design and implementation of these new spaces to the Smart Classroom Project team.

In this sense, In this course there are five Catalan schools, with a total of about 2.000 students, who have started with this smart classroom approach in which researchers participate, teachers, staff of the educational community and the students themselves.

In this smart classroom, the desks have been changed for modular furniture that adapts to each need in a flexible way and one of its walls is occupied by a magnetic whiteboard; in others they have an interactive screen that can be hidden or moved .

This bright space with walls in warm tones to encourage learning and integration with its occupants also has temperature sensors., noise level and CO2 concentration, among other elements.