Title :
Expanding the Learning Environment: Combining Physicality and Virtuality - The Internet of Things for eLearning
Author :
Domingo, Muriel Garreta ; Forner, Juan Antonio Mangas
Author_Institution :
Office of Learning Technol., Univ. Oberta de Catatunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
This paper introduces a work-in-progress at the Open University of Catalonia. Following a user-centered design process, the powerful possibilities opened by the Internet of Things (IOT) are being included to eLearning in order to enhance the learning experience. The IOT represents an expansion of the learning environment and will bring tangibility to the learning process, adding to the most commonly used tools, the computer and the paper.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; educational institutions; user centred design; Catalonia; Internet of Thing; e-learning; learning environment expansion; open university; user centered design process; Communities; Computer science; Computers; Electronic learning; Internet; Shape; Software; Internet of things; design inspired learning; elearning; liquid learning places; tangible elearning; ubiquitous learning;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7144-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2010.211
