Competences as Services in the Autonomic Cycles of Learning Analytic Tasks for a Smart Classroom

Learning Analytic is a useful tool in the context of the learning process, in order to improve the educational environment. In previous works, we have proposed autonomic cycles of learning Analytic tasks, in order to improve the learning process in smart classrooms. One aspect to be considered by the autonomic cycles is their adaptability to the formation of competences, assuming that a student has competences that must be strengthened during the learning process. In this paper, we propose the utilization of competences to guide the adaptation process of a learning environment. Particularly, we propose the extensions of the autonomic cycles for smart classrooms, using the idea of competences. In this case, we define the competences as a service, to help the autonomic cycles in their processes of adaptation.

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