Journal of Naval Sciences and Engineering

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Authors: Yusuf Kavurucu, Tolga Ensari

The smart home system has been developed since 1980s. Its first application was built in 1984, in Turkey. In these first steps, the focused group was only people without disabilities. Initially, manufacturers tried to create all-in-one systems, yet the final products were all gadget-like and minimalistic. (Energy control units, security systems, light controllers, etc.) Smart homes have various application areas. Controlling central air conditioning in modern high-rise buildings, malls with parameters such as temperature and humidity is an example of real-time programming of these devices. The main idea here is to control the capacity of air conditioning equipment in order to save energy, thus saving money. The goal of our article is to make life easier with the help of computer science. With our knowhow and extra research of available information, by using the software portions and the hardware components, we aim to create a sensor-based smart home system. Basically, the system is getting the data from the sensors placed in different locations in home and transfer it to terminal via Wi-Fi. In the flowchart, the most crucial part is to connect the hardware problem-free. Next thing is to upload the code for these modules to an EEPROM computer to establish connection between devices and to display the information in the terminal screen. The designed system looks like an autonomous computer which can control the air conditioning with the help of various sensors with precision.

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Authors: Tolga Onel, Mehmet Bilge Kağan Önaçan, Erkan Kıyak

Recent advances in computer technologies result in the development of E-Learning and Learning Management Systems. They provide mechanisms to organize course contents and training systems including interactions of trainers and trainees. Moreover, virtual reality systems emerge in the training and education systems to increase the trainee participation at the process and visualize the training subject. Increasing data transfer rates of the computer networks also made distant learning activities possible. Moreover, the economical solutions with the cloud computing technologies for the abovementioned systems come up. All these improvements lead the technology towards smart classrooms. It seems to alter the educational habits towards the flipped and the blended learning. In this study, general information about emerging educational technologies is given and a short evaluation with suggestions is presented.

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Authors: Cengiz Erdönmez

The use of intelligent technologies in education increases every day. There are a lot of new technologies implemented lately. Intelligent White Boards (IWBs) are the most popular devices among them and preferred to use in education nowadays. But the use of these technologies requires compatible and supportable smart educational contents (SECs). It does not seem possible at this stage to find such SECs ready to use for university lectures. Undoubtedly one of the reason behind this issue is that contents of some lectures or their syllabuses show huge differences between universities, even from lecturer to lecturer. In addition, some of the universities could open some courses only for their specific needs. In this paper, our aim is to figure out the necessary characteristics of SECs and the lecturers who need SECs in their lessons, should take care of while preparing their own SECs.