1. REMOTE AND MOBILE EXPERIMENTATION PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF AN UBIQUITOUS LEARNING PLACE Authors: Ricardo Jorge G. da Silva Nunes da Costa rjc@isep.ipp.pt Gustavo Ribeiro da Costa Alves gca@isep.ipp.pt Nancy, May 2006

2. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 2/11 Presentation outline Introduction Educational Concepts Experimentation Scenario Technology – Mobile Devices – Wireless Networks Remote Lab Infrastructure Requirements Example of a Simple Mobile Experiment Conclusions

3. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 3/11 Introduction Technology: – is the major change factor of society; – improves people’s lives; – gives flexibility to access knowledge; – incentives developing new applications for the teaching/learning process. Time Line: technology vs educational concepts: is the local access to educational resources using PCs is the Web access to educational resources using PCs, supported by Virtual Learning Environments is the Web access to remote experiments in sciences and engineering using PCs is the wireless network access to educational resources using mobile devices is the wireless network access to remote experiments using mobile devices

4. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 4/11 Educational Concepts Mobile Experimentation: is the access to remote experiments using mobile devices, like mobile phones, PDAs and smartphones, focus on the improvement of education in engineering and sciences areas. Mobility Flexibility Availability Just-In-Time-Learning

5. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 5/11 Experimentation Scenario

6. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 6/11 Characterizing Technology Mobile Devices

7. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 7/11 Characterizing Technology Wireless Networks

8. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 8/11 Remote Lab Infrastructure Requirements

9. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 9/11 Example of a Simple Mobile Experiment

10. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 10/11 Conclusions Mobile Experimentation: gives more benefits for engineering and sciences e-courses; gives more flexibility, mobility and motivation to students for running remote experiments; requires the use of an architecture based in a XML layer for developing versatile software applications, beneficial for teachers and students.

11. Ricardo Costa - ASBoHS - May 2006 rjc@isep.ipp.pt - http://www.laboris.isep.ipp.pt/rjc 11/11 THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION