Digital Twins in the Smart Classroom

The smart classroom allows the incorporation of digital devices and learning software into the school environment, as well as sensor networks for tracking classroom processes, for data gathering, and to developed insights into the management of scholarly activity. Additionally, modern infrastructure within schools can involve the installation of advanced Information and communication technology (ICT): student-friendly data can be collected from wearable devices (personal digital assistants, iPads, iPods, smart watches, etc.) via wireless sensor networks; smart sensors can monitor the classroom environment, such as noise level, CO2 level, temperature, humidity, lecturers’ voice, and students/lecturers’ motion (by PIR - passive infrared sensors); near-field communication can manage door security, personnel management, transportations, and digital wallets. The data from these devices can be evaluated using digital twin computing to reduce the disparity between real school and virtual school, and to generate more varied datasets. School digital twin is bridge between the real and virtual school. School digital twin also is the mirror that reflects the real school into the virtual school. Digital Twins in the Smart Classroom: Utilising Sensor Networks in the Educational Environment explores virtual schools that have incorporated digital twin computing into the day to day running of the classroom. The book discusses the foundational concepts, practical applications, and future directions. It covers the various aspects of virtual school, such as the student's daily activities, intelligent wireless sensor networks, the privacy issues, and how the internet of things, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, fog/edge-computing can enable a smarter, more efficient, more optimised classroom.