Adapting Internet of Things to Arduino-based Devices for Low-Cost Remote Sensing in School Science Learning Environments

Abstract

<p class="0abstract"><span lang="EN-US">We examine the major technical problems that students experience in authentic scientific inquiry and propose an Arduino-based device, adapting the Internet of Things technology, which is designed for the school science in order to solve those technical problems. Three major technical problems as follows: First, it is difficult to have a variety of measuring tools which may satisfy the needs of students. Second, it is hard to equip students with tools befitting the complex inquiry procedures which students develop on their own. Lastly, there exists a problem in which a particular group(s) of students take advantage of their competence in technology and have a monopoly in the process of data analysis. Physical computing and the IoT technology can provide solutions to these problems. Development boards like Arduino and Raspberry Pi can be purchased at affordable prices, which allows for measuring devices to be made at low cost by connecting sensors to those boards. Utilizing these development boards may also lead to the possibility to optimize measuring methods or procedures for inquiries of each student. By transmitting the measured data to the IoT Platform, students can have an equal access to the data and analyze it easily. We also investigate technologies used in IoT-applied physical computing including development boards, IoT platforms, and telecommunications technologies. Lastly, as an example of inquiry that adapts physical computing and IoT, we introduce the case of transferring data, measured by a temperature/humidity sensor connected to a development board, to the IoT Platform and visualizing them.</span></p><div id="dicLayer" style="display: none;"> </div><div id="dicRawData" style="display: none;"> </div><div id="dicLayerLoader"> </div>

A Comparative Study of Chinese and Foreign Research on the Internet of Things in Education: Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization

“…As time went by, there are three main technical problems encountered by students in the process of scientific inquiry. They are respectively "it is hard to have various measurement tools that meet the needs of students," "it is difficult to equip students with tools suitable for complex query programs developed by students themselves," and "the data analysis process is monopolized by specific student groups" [88]. (ii) Since science and technology are inseparable, it is particularly crucial to design certain devices based on the IoT technology that meet the needs of students.…”

AI-Assisted Emotion Recognition: Impacts on Mental Health Education and Learning Motivation

“…In the wake of deepening global digitization and the rapid advancement of AI technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated various aspects of daily life [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Against this backdrop, education, a crucial domain dedicated to nurturing future generations and enhancing the overall quality of society, has naturally emerged as one of the primary applications of AI technology [11][12][13].…”

A Systematic Review of IoT Platforms in Educational Processes

“…(Setiawan, 2020), (Verner et al, 2020), (He et al, 2017), (Jaklič, 2020), (Escobar et al, 2020), (Besari et al, 2017), (Zaharov et al, 2018), (Hauß et al, 2020) Non-Engineering (Paganelli et al, 2019), (Gunasekera et al, 2018a) There are seven IoT platforms are mentioned, Blynk, Node-Red IoT, FIWARE, SiteWhere, ThingsBoard, ThingSpeak, ThingsBoard. Based on the reviews, there are 2 types of how the researches use IoT platforms on their Strategy Authors Learning Media (Ga et al, 2021), (Asraf et al, 2018), (Paganelli et al, 2019), (Gunasekera et al, 2018a), (Mayer et al, 2020), (Guerrero-Osuna et al, 2021), (Setiawan, 2020), (Verner et al, 2020), (He et al, 2017), (Jaklič, 2020), (Besari et al, 2017), (Zaharov et al, 2018), (Hauß et al, 2020) Teaching Tool (Andrada Tivani et al, 2020), (Escobar et al, 2020) Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Istanbul, Turkey, March 7-10, 2022…”

“…Based on the reviewed articles, an IoT based device for monitoring concentration of carbon, humidity and temperature, also fine dust is successfully developed as a learning media and to answer the three major technical problems that students experiences during scientific inquiries, those include: the difficulty to have a variety of tools for measurements, to provide students with tools that help the complex procedures, and also there is a gap in students' knowledge of technology (Ga et al, 2021).…”

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