1. MobiNet A Pedagogic Platform for Computer Science, Maths and Physics Sylvain Lefebvre, Fabrice Neyret, Samuel Hornus, Joëlle Thollot GRAVIR / IMAG-INRIA

2. History (since 2002) Bi-annual ‘Engineering Week’ of INPG –Less students choose science –Public : highschool students (~15 years old) –Goal : discover research and engineering –How : 1 week of tutorials MobiNet Tutorials –GRAVIR / IMAG-INRIA

3. Mobinet: Interactive simulation software Put theory into practice –develop intuition –introduce scientific, engineering approach Try, understand and learn –accessible, easy to use –no fear of making mistakes Develop team work –networked simulation space

4. MobiNet approach Experience notions, visually !

5. MobiNet approach Model of real world –Object’s state variables (x)  mathematical model –Object’s motion (x : x+1)  physical model of behavior Nothing magic ! x x : x+1

6. MobiNet

7. Network Master Computer 2 Computer 1

8. Network Master (visualize 1) Computer 2 Computer 1

9. Network Computer 2 Computer 1 Master (visualize 1 + 2)

10. Network Computer 2 (export hand) Computer 1 Master (visualize 1 + 2)

11. Network Computer 2 (visualize 1) Computer 1 Master (visualize 1 + 2)

12. MobiNet tutorials Video games development Students like video games ! Simple games : highschool math & physics Game world = simple model of real world Engineering problem: split in simple tasks

13. MobiNet tutorials

14. 3 hours tutorial –1h30: learn MobiNet, simple notions Create a mobile Simple trajectories Bouncing ball Interacting mobiles –1h30: team work Pong game Presented as an engineering problem

15. MobiNet tutorials

16. Evaluation Since 2002 –4 INPG Egineering weeks –16 groups –250 students Evaluation done in 2002 –2 highschools –3 groups –77 students

17. Evaluation Have you been interested by the tutorial ? + - 77 students

18. Evaluation Have you find using MobiNet easy ? + - 77 students

19. Evaluation Do you think this tutorial was useful for you ? + - 77 students

20. Evaluation Did MobiNet change your idea of math and physics ? + - 77 students

21. The future MobiNet tutorials –‘Engineering Week’ of INPG Distribution –Free, open source –http://mobinet.imag.fr MobiNet into highschool and universities

22. Pedagogic use Personal use Stand-alone tutorials Visualization of course concepts Exercises –from scratch –from framework given by teacher Clubs …

23. Demo

24. Acknowledgments –Students and teachers of involved highschools –All the teaching assistants –Patrick Kocelniak for technical support –INPG for administrative and financial support

25. Questions ? MobiNet http://mobinet.imag.fr mobinet@imag.fr Demo: during coffee break after lunch 13h30 / 14h00

26. MobiNet tutorials 10 to 20 students –best case: 1 student per computer Teachers –1 animator –1 teaching assistant for 4 students 1 big screen

27. Evaluation MobiNet in highschool: useful ? + -

28. MobiNet www-imagis.imag.fr/mobinet mobinet@imag.fr