Oral Session 9.3.B
Distance, open and flexible education II
June 9, 14:00 - 15:30
Oral Session 9.3.B
Distance, open and flexible education II
June 9, 14:00 - 15:30
June 9, 14:00 - 15:30
| Hour | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | SmartCampus Project Ismo Hakala, Mikko Myllymäki  | |
| 14:20 | "Smart grids : the power grid at the center of the energy transition", a MOOC by Grenoble INP Florent Cadoux  | |
| 14:40 | Case Studies in IoT - Smart-Home Solutions - Pedagogical Perspective with Industrial Applications and some latest Developments Hans-Petter Halvorsen, Alexander Jonsaas, Saba Mylvaganam, Josef Timmerberg, Jean Marc THIRIET  | |
| 15:00 | Innovative methods for engineering education Hana Krichene, Najett Neji, Lobna Haouari, Ines Ben Amor |
SmartCampus Project
Ismo Hakala, Mikko Myllymäki- Keywords
- virtual learning environment, synchronous interaction, streaming video, blended learning, flipped learning
- Abstract
- Solutions that are flexible and pay attention to students' individual needs are expected from today's education. This applies particularly when education is arranged for adults who are studying alongside their daily work. This situation is common especially for master level students in information technology education programs. Flexibility in education means, above all, making new participation modes available. This can be implemented by making efficient use of the opportunities that education technology affords. A workable solution when making participation in education more flexible is the use of lecture videos. The utilization of video lectures is also associated with a number of challenges. These include, for example, challenges related to video production process and implementation of asynchronous and synchronous interaction channels. Also new teaching methods like blended learning, flipped learning etc. should be considered instead of the traditional lecture format of teaching. In order to tackle these challenges and to enhance studying with the help of videos, we have launched a project to develop the SmartCampus environment. SmartCampus is a virtual education solution in which physical and virtual campuses are integrated into a functional whole. SmartCampus enables flexible, results-producing and individualized study, both in a traditional face-to-face mode and as a distance study with the help of video lectures. SmartCampus learning environment is formed of several technological solutions that merge into each other and form a single solution, and of pedagogical practices evolved with them. The project aims, among other things, to create effective and easy ways to participate in education using videos and to improve interactivity in virtual environment. The project also seeks solutions that enable the utilization of videos in connection with other than traditional lecture-based teaching. The important part of the project is to improve teaching by developing and piloting pedagogical solutions, which are paying more attention to the possibilities provided by the virtual SmartCampus environment. For educational organizations, the work carried out by the project creates solutions with which it is possible to meet the challenges posed by life-long learning and rapid changes in working life. From the viewpoint of students, the project makes it possible to participate in the education offered, individually and according to the needs of each student. The project is funded by the ESF Fund and the municipality of Kokkola city. Project implementation period is 2015-2017. The project is at the final stage and the actual paper will focus on describing the results of the project in addition to project objectives as well as future work.
"Smart grids : the power grid at the center of the energy transition", a MOOC by Grenoble INP
Florent Cadoux- Keywords
- MOOC, Smart grids
- Abstract
- Grenoble INP and several partners, including the major French distribution system operator Enedis, designed and produced in 2015-2016 a MOOC on the topic of smart grids. This MOOC was broadcast for the first time on April 25th 2017. The EAEEIE2017 conference will be the occasion to discuss our experience with building the MOOC and also to provide the audience with some feedback on the the very first broadcast.
Case Studies in IoT - Smart-Home Solutions - Pedagogical Perspective with Industrial Applications and some latest Developments
Hans-Petter Halvorsen, Alexander Jonsaas, Saba Mylvaganam, Josef Timmerberg, Jean Marc THIRIET- Keywords
- IoT, Smart Homes, Security, Sensor Networking, EU collaboration
- Abstract
- platforms boards with various processing capacities and handling of a plethora of I/O are available in the market at various levels of complexities and prices. These CCL based microcontroller platforms boards are increasingly used, predominantly in the academia, for sensor networking as well as handling complex IoT (Internet of Things) functions. This paper looks into a case study of incorporating Arduino and Raspberry Pi for sensor networking, data transmission and enabling IoT functionalities. As a practical realization, an experimental smart home is realized with an array of sensors and a system architecture consisting of a set of Arduino and Raspberry Pi modules. The paper presents necessary aspects of codes in the form of pseudo-codes and describes some aspects of I/O with respect to the sensors used. Finally, the security problems are also addressed. Depending on the time available, a real system will be operated during the presentation of the paper.
Innovative methods for engineering education
Hana Krichene, Najett Neji, Lobna Haouari, Ines Ben Amor- Keywords
- online tutoring, playing games, interdisciplinary projects, engineering students, experiments, EIE
- Abstract
- Nowadays, conventional learning methods where students are often passive or forced to work show more and more their limits, especially with the advent of the internet, tablets and smartphones... Therefore, looking for alternative methods is needed. In this work, we present three new methods of teaching that seem promising for engineering students: online tutoring, playing games and interdisciplinary projects.