Teaching Technical and Societal Aspects of IoT - A case study using the Orbit IoT Kit

TY - GEN

T1 - Teaching Technical and Societal Aspects of IoT - A case study using the Orbit IoT Kit

AU - Tamashiro, Mariana Aki

AU - Schaper, Marie-Monique Anastasia

AU - Jensen, Ane Vielandt

AU - Heick, Rune

AU - Danielsen, Brian

AU - Van Mechelen, Maarten

AU - Jensen, Kasper Løvborg

AU - Smith, Rachel Charlotte

AU - Iversen, Ole Sejer

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Increasingly, IoT kits are used in pedagogical contexts to support learning experiences and teach students about IoT. However, few of them focus on both the technical aspects and the societal implications of IoT, such as cybersecurity and privacy. In this paper, we describe the Orbit IoT Kit, a micro:bit-based toolkit that supports teachers in IoT activities. The kit combines the microcontroller with relays and a web application, enabling students to connect everyday objects to the Internet and visualize the devices' data flow. Based on an intervention in a secondary school with 3 teachers and 20 students of ages 12-13, our results indicate that the design and features of the kit — internet communication and data visualization — support teachers to engage students in learning about a holistic perspective of IoT. We reflect on our research propositions, discuss design strategies, and present three design recommendations for IoT toolkits: Connectivity, Visualization, and Openness.

AB - Increasingly, IoT kits are used in pedagogical contexts to support learning experiences and teach students about IoT. However, few of them focus on both the technical aspects and the societal implications of IoT, such as cybersecurity and privacy. In this paper, we describe the Orbit IoT Kit, a micro:bit-based toolkit that supports teachers in IoT activities. The kit combines the microcontroller with relays and a web application, enabling students to connect everyday objects to the Internet and visualize the devices' data flow. Based on an intervention in a secondary school with 3 teachers and 20 students of ages 12-13, our results indicate that the design and features of the kit — internet communication and data visualization — support teachers to engage students in learning about a holistic perspective of IoT. We reflect on our research propositions, discuss design strategies, and present three design recommendations for IoT toolkits: Connectivity, Visualization, and Openness.

KW - technology education

KW - Toolkit for Educators

KW - Societal Implications of Technology

KW - Emerging Technologies

KW - K-12 education

KW - #CCTD

KW - #CEED

U2 - 10.1145/3563657.3596092

DO - 10.1145/3563657.3596092

M3 - Article in proceedings

VL - 1

SP - 1236

EP - 1247

BT - DIS '23:

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

CY - New York

T2 - ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2023

Y2 - 10 July 2023 through 14 July 2023

ER -