OpenAPETutorial – A Problem-Based Learning Unit for the Personalization of Smart Home Applications

Abstract

This paper describes the creation of a problem-based learning unit. The aim is to help students to learn how to make applications more accessible through aspects of personalization. In addition, a basic understanding of smarthome interfaces will be given. For this purpose, the personalization framework OpenAPE and the smarthome interface OpenHAB will be used. A java OpenAPEClient will be created for OpenAPE. The client will then be used in a tutorial application. This tutorial application is to be integrated as a kind of cloze text in the learning unit as a practical exercise. It implements a lamp control and a personalizable user interface. Final user tests showed that the learning unit is executable as planned. Some problems and inconsis tencies were already identified and eliminated during the user tests.