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Exploring the Educational Potential
of the Internet of Things
Farzana Latif, TEL Manager, University of SheffieldDr. Ian Glover, Senior Lecturer in TEL, Sheffield Hallam University @farzanalatif & @irglover
Session Overview◇ What is the IoT (brief history)◇ Why is it important?◇ Current Examples◇ Relevance to Education - Activities◇ Next Steps - Steering Development
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What is it?The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to devices and sensors that are able to communicate directly with other devices using internet technologies.
Data is transmitted between devices / sensors, processed and acted upon, usually resulting in changes to some (other) devices, often without human intervention.#altc #IoT
Background◇ Terms: Internet of Everything, Network of
Everything, Machine to Machine (M2M) communication, Mesh Networks
◇ Represents ideas that have existed since the start of the web.
◇ Technology Advances:￭ Closed to Open Systems￭ New Protocols (TCP/IPv6, Bluetooth LE)￭ Cheaper hardware & sensors
￮ Increasingly electronic devices are being developed with multiple sensors in them. #altc #IoT
Why is it important?
A Growing Trend◇ UK Government’s 2015 Budget◇ 2015 NMC Horizon Report◇ Specialist degree courses
￭ Staffordshire University (with HP)
￭ Waterford Institute of Technology ◇ Growth of the ‘Maker’ and ‘Maker Movement’◇ In five years all Samsung hardware will be IoT-ready
(Samsung, 2015)
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Huge Disruptive Potential◇ Changing how we interact with devices◇ Altering our environment algorithmically◇ Represents a move from all-purpose devices, to
single purpose ones with integration software◇ >26 Billion connected devices by 2020 (Gartner,
2014)
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IoT in Everyday Life◇ Fitness/Smart Wear◇ Health care◇ Cars - wireless control systems
￭ In five years, there will be 250 million connected cars on the road as the Internet of Things grows to include 25 billion devices (Davidson, 2015)
◇ Weather monitoring - Smart Citizen◇ Smart homes - Nest thermostat◇ Smart cities - smart road signs
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Some IoT Technologies
Connected AppliancesConnected Appliances are consumer devices that are able to communicate their status when requested by other devices, and/or can have their settings modified by others.
Potential Use: A control hub in a classroom uses infrared sensors to identify the type and location of activity in the room and adjusts the lights and temperature accordingly.#altc #IoT
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Connected AppliancesThe (clichéd) Smart Fridge (e.g. LG’s Smart ThinQ)
Connected AppliancesApp-controlled kettle (e.g. iKettle)Mood Lighting (e.g. Philips’ Hue)App-controlled Boiler (e.g. British Gas’ Hive)Connected Buttons (e.g. Amazon’s Dash, bttn)
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Connected AppliancesConnected Teaching Spaces (e.g. The George Washington Uni )Smart Universities (University of Warwick)
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Connected Appliances◇ Fitness/Personal Analytics
(Quantified Self)Wearables + IoT = powerful
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Self Automation◇ Self-automation - IFTTT, Zapier
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NFC/RFID tagsPassive chips containing small amounts of data, read by tapping with a smartphone or dedicated reader device.
Potential Use:Interactive objects - tags attached to objects allow learners to launch an app to interact with relevant resources by tapping with a smartphone / tablet.
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NFC/RFID tagsEmbedded in Poster (access event info, staff details)University of Cordoba embedded NFC across the whole University
Location Based Activities (e.g. museum)Attendance/Punctuality CheckingLocate books in library
Other ExamplesContactless payment / keysBluetooth music systemsePassports
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BeaconsActively broadcasts its existence to devices within range, generally using Bluetooth. Apps launch a feature or display content when within the proximity of a known beacon, or use to triangulate their location indoors. Easily added to an existing environment.
Potential Use: Hyper-Situated Learning - short-range beacons launch materials to provide scenarios and hands-on materials for using a variety of specialist workstations (labs, museums).
BeaconsTreasure hunts/learning labs (combine with AR)Attendance monitoring (Uni of Sheffield)Location-based messaging / announcementsRecruitment events (Uni of Bradford)
Other ExamplesEntertainment venue promotionsTimetable information at bus stopsAdvertising products in shopsIndoor positioning#altc #IoT
Activity◇ In groups, think of a situation
within an education context
◇ What would be the purpose of introducing IoT technologies?
◇ What data would you need?
◇ Share your discussions
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Example DataBarometer, Blood pressure,
Device status(es), Heart-rate, Human input, Humidity,
Infrared, Light level, Location, Movement, NFC tag,
Online data, RFID, Sound, Temperature, Time,
Video data, Wind speed
Try out some of the technologies.
Are there any other examples that you know and want to
share?
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Uses in Education◇ Passive Environmental Personalisation
￭ Connected equipment can adapt automatically to activity and preferences (e.g. study efficiently)
◇ Hypersituated Learning￭ New ways to interact with and within spaces
￮ e-World Cafes, NFC posters ￭ ‘Classroom without walls.’
◇ New Learning Experiences￭ Create interactions between objects￭ Draw upon many data sources and types#altc #IoT
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Challenges/ConcernsEthical concerns◇ Equity (socio-economic
divides)◇ Privacy and Trust◇ Human redundancy◇ Wider Knowledge vs
Less Depth◇ Empowerment vs
Disempowerment
Technical issues◇ Security (cars, baby
monitors)◇ Need for standards◇ Large-scale rollout(buildings,
secure placement)◇ Software updates
Anything else: discuss in groups, tweet, etc.#altc #IoT
How can this community help ensure that the development of the IoT is useful for Education?
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Summary◇ IoT has potential to transform the way
technology works for us￭ including in Education
◇ The technology is already with us:￭ we need to start talking about how we can
harness it￭ we need to think about the ethics and
privacy issues around its use￭ we should try out the tech in our contexts
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Any questions?You can find us at:
● @farzanalatif & @irglover● [email protected] & [email protected]
Thanks!
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Useful LinksNesta: Design and the IoT http://www.nesta.org.uk/node/756
Internet of Things Consortium http://iofthings.org/
If This Then That http://www.ifttt.com
Eddystone beacon info http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/meet-googles-eddystone-a-flexible-open-source-ibeacon-fighter/
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Useful LinksBeacons Demystified [video]https://vimeo.com/99382488
European Research Cluster on IoT http://www.internet-of-things-research.eu
Internet of School Thingshttp://iotschool.org/
Windows 10 IoT edition for Raspberry Pihttps://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/windows-10-for-iot/
Raspberry Pi iBeacon guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/downloads/pdf/pibeacon-ibeacon-with-a-raspberry-pi.pdf
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