Smart Environments design: the SPLASH project case

This paper describes the process of collaborative design of a Smart Environment developed for the school context. The Living Lab project entitled “SPLASH” (“Smart platform for learning and active social habitat”) will be presented in the following pages. We will describe the whole process of the platform design: from the implementation of the layout and the functionalities of the digital environment, up to the first steps of prototype use. A research team composed mainly by an ICT company, teachers and students of two secondary school, and academic researchers, has been involved in a complex process of collaborative design, in order to create the prototype of a smart, social, innovative learning environment. Finally, assessment tools provided within the platform will be described. They have been co-designed with teachers and students of the schools involved in the project.