1. “My Comfortable and Smart Classroom”
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“My Comfortable and Smart Classroom”
UMI-Sci-Ed Educational Scenario
Athanasios Iossifides
Senior Researcher

2. Outline Introduction Educational scenario description Conclusion Scope
Major learning objectives
Steps
Conclusion

3. Introduction UMI-Sci-Ed approach Tools Design of educational scenarios
Implementation of UMI projects based on educational scenarios
Assessment of educational tools and methods
Tools
UMI-Sci-Ed platform (projects, blogs, forum, wikis, repository, etc.)
Communities of Practice (CoPs)
UDOO IoT platform

4. “My comfortable and smart classroom”
Scope in the context of UMI
Design, development and use of an IoT application
Educational approach
Active (project-based) learning, targeting to knowledge acquisition and integration, skills development and attitudes attainment
Major disciplines involved
Physics, statistics, electronics, programming, telecommunications, project management

5. Major learning objectives
Connect the physical world and personal experience (feeling) with UMI technologies
Understand the role of IoT in future life and explore possibilities arising for improvement
Apply and use some of the technologies involved in IoT applications
Envision a future career in IoT (and UMI in general)

6. Steps Tools and methods Make the classroom better ? – Intro to IoT
Project setup
Finalize project
Design and develop IoT
application
Analyze measurements and act

7. step 1: Can we make the classroom better?
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Analog Devices
Discussion and ideas sharing
Identification of physical quantities to measure
Temperature, humidity, light, air, etc.
Search through Internet for solutions
Introduction to IoT
What is IoT?
What is the general architecture of IoT?
What are the societal impacts of IoT?
Interpret
Connect
Measure
Analyze, Predict and Learn
Sense
Act and Optimize

8. step 2: What tools do we have?
Introduction to UDOO IoT platform – suitcase with a single board computer and set of accessories for developing applications
Setup and program a simple I/O or LED on/off application
Introduction to telecom networking
Introduction to connectivity with
IoT cloud platforms
Introduction to UMI-Sci-Ed platform
CoP set up
Interaction with experts on the field

9. step 3: From problem to project
Problem analysis
Project synthesis
Project plan creation
Work packages determination
Resources, deliverables, milestones, risks, etc. identification
Apply team work

10. step 4: From sensors to Internet
Review of the physical quantities to be measured
Study of sensors and how physical values can be translated to values “understandable” by electronic devices
Design and develop an electronic circuit
Program UDOO to read sensor values
Transfer values to IoT cloud platform
Sense
Measure
Interpret
Connect

11. Analyze, Predict and Learn
step 5: Analyze and act
IoT application “up and running” gathering data in the IoT cloud
Students evaluate (survey) the classroom conditions hourly via UMI- Sci-Ed platform/facebook, etc.
Analyze all data – Introduction to Big Data
Decide on “best” quantities’ values
Use example actuators to (automatically) preserve best values
Analyze, Predict and Learn
Act and Optimize

12. step 6: Assess and envision
Summarize and evaluate project
Create a report
What were the most difficult parts?
What was the most interesting part?
What else can we improve through IoT?
How about privacy and security issues arising with IoT?

13. Conclusion Stress the multidisciplinary nature of IoT applications
Description of a UMI-Sci-Ed educational scenario
Development of a full IoT application through the use of UMI-Sci- Ed platform and CoPs
Discover potential advantages and drawbacks of IoT applications in everyday life
Stress the multidisciplinary nature of IoT applications
Envision a career in UMI technologies

14. Thank you! Prof. Athanasios Iossifides (Iosifidis) Senior Researcher
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