OPPIA: A context-aware ubiquitous learning platform to exploit short-lived student networks for collaborative learning

Copyright © 2016 by SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved. We present the OPPIA platform, a ubiquitous and smart learning environment, that deploys sporadic learning networks (SLNs) among people (students, teachers and experts) who happen to be in a common place or in a remote place but connected to the platform through the Internet. The idea is to establish dynamic learning networks that encourage their members to work together and create a learning environment with proper resources and activities to satisfy their learning needs. This paper describes the design of the platform from the lowest levels of establishing connections among members of the SLNs, up to the highest level of smart learning services.