The Classroom of the Future

The classroom of the future is a classroom equipped with a teacher's computer, tablet computers, and a smart display, as well as classroom management software. Classroom Management Systemwhose use enables interactive knowledge exchange and the transformation of the teaching process and traditional instruction.

The use of advanced technology encourages interactive teaching where students can share learning activities with each other and the teacher, test their knowledge through quizzes, search for information online, and participate in activities that promote critical thinking and research.

Teachers can share information and teaching materials with students via the smart screen or directly to students“ tablets, have instant insight into student progress on individual lectures or activities, and can also check their understanding through short quizzes, surveys, or discussions. In this way, knowledge is available at the ”click of a button," schools are digitally empowered, and interactive and project-based teaching is facilitated and more accessible.

The Classroom of the Future project is the result of a public-private partnership between CARNET and partner companies Microsoft and Samsung Electronics Adriatic, and was carried out with the support of the Ministry of Science and Education.

From the end of August to the first half of September 2014, training sessions were held on educational trends and the use of virtual learning systems that schools received with the devices they use. This was done so that teachers would gain all the necessary knowledge and technical support, and thus use technology as prepared and easily as possible. Also, some schools began using e-Dnevnik that year. 

Microsoft's classrooms of the future are equipped with tablet computers and a smartboard, connected by a comprehensive software solution for device management, interactive teaching, and internet use, all under the supervision of a teacher who has an overview of all student tablet screens and complete control over the content students use during class. The tablets are installed with the Windows 8.1 operating system, and the smartboard has a touchscreen, thus enabling interactive teaching for students and teachers. As part of the preparation for using Microsoft Office 365 services in the entire educational community, this equipment enables additional features that Microsoft offers to its users.

In collaboration with teachers and a partner company, digital teaching materials will be created together, adapted to the Croatian educational process and language.

Schools where Microsoft's classrooms of the future are open:

Samsung's classrooms of the future are equipped with tablet computers, keyboards, and a smart board, all connected by Content Management System Samsung School Solution. A CMS like this enables a teaching format that takes place entirely in a virtual interface, with the exchange of teaching materials, internet use, and digital teaching resources, all under the supervision of the teacher, who has insight into the screens of all student tablets and complete control over the content during class. The smartboard has a touchscreen, which also allows for interactive teaching for students and teachers. Some schools also use carts, which serve as a safe and storage for tablets, which are secured in this way, under lock and key, and at the same time on chargers.

Schools where Samsung Electronics' classrooms of the future have been opened:

Samsung App LabsSamsung Smart Apps Lab) are intended for technical faculties, offering them, in addition to additional education opportunities, education for future ICT professionals in Croatia. The laboratories also offer research and development of new software solutions with the support of the latest information technologies.

This project is also an additional networking opportunity between universities and an exchange of knowledge and experience. It is a joint project of CARNET and Samsung Electronics Adriatic and the faculties, with the support of the Ministry of Science and Education.

The laboratories at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Osijek, the University of Rijeka Campus, and the Faculty of Engineering Rijeka are equipped with teacher computers, tablet computers, SmartTV receivers, and smartphones that will enable all faculty students to interactively learn programming and mobile application development. The laboratory will develop Samsung School software by adapting existing solutions for the needs of students and faculty at universities, higher education in general, and for connecting Samsung School with existing systems currently widespread in universities in Croatia and around the world.

Higher education institutions with open Samsung Electronics application labs: