Higher Education and Smart Education System: The Impact of Learning Style and Environmental Characteristics in the State of Kuwait

Higher Education and Smart Education System: The Impact of Learning Style and Environmental Characteristics in the State of Kuwait

Higher Education

Kuwait

Smart Education

Learning Styles

Learning Environment

The purpose of this research is to explore the implementation of smart education systems and approaches in the State of Kuwait’s higher education. The determinants of the successful smart education system, particularly learning styles of students and the learning environment characteristics also investigated. The advancement of information and communication technologies has paved the shifts in learning and teaching with countries such as Kuwait have progressively integrated ICTs and smart technologies into their education systems. This research conducted a systematic literature review on smart education systems in Kuwait and the determinants of its successful implementation.  A systematic keyword strategy was utilized for secondary data search from databases and archives, including university e-library and scholarly scientific research and various article database. A systematic content analysis was conducted by analysing the gathered secondary data.  Findings from this study suggested that various tools and technologies used in implementing smart education in Kuwait however, learning styles and learning environmental characteristics had significantly influenced the success of the adoption of smart education in Kuwait’s higher education. The findings of this study demonstrated practical implications in higher education, especially in terms of designing smart education systems in emphasizing the learning styles of students as well as the necessary learning environment factors for successful smart education. The smart education systems to facilitate flexible and efficient learning of higher education students in Kuwait along with learning styles of students and learning environmental factors are considered in designing smart education.

Ibtisam L F H Almutairi

Faisal L F H Almutairi

Bodoor F Alazemi

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 16 No. 13 (2022); pp. 192-199

1865-7923

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

2022-07-11

Copyright (c) 2022 Ibtisam L F H Almutairi, Faisal L F H Almutairi , Bodoor F Alazemi

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

application/pdf

eng

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Non-refereed Article