With recent advancements in learning technologies, along with the ways information and communication technology (ICT) are implemented, many exciting possibilities have emerged to reshape students’ learning behaviors and teachers’ teaching methods. Regardless of how beneficial they may be, the education sector is known for being extremely slow in embracing change and in adopting technological advancements. The required pedagogical changes to make actual effective use of these technological advancements are even slower. Likewise, Price (2015) indicates that Bwhile technology has changed what is possible to learn and how students can be supported in their learning, the principles of effective instruction have not changed^(p1). While early adopters’ successful stories are not uncommon, current efforts for transforming existing
schools to evolve and gradually adopt to these learning technologies are simply not enough. Though some initial efforts have already been made to reform the current learning environments, a revolution is needed to fundamentally transform the current learning environments towards smart learning environments. Smart learning environments go beyond simple application of technology. They enable the fusion of technology and pedagogy to create an ecosystem that involves active participation of teachers, parents and others in the learners’ learning process. They also provide real-time and ongoing evidence of changes in knowledge, instilling skills which are seamlessly transferred to learners as they move from one learning context to another (Kinshuk 2016).