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

Mariana Aki Tamashiro; Marie-Monique Anastasia Schaper; Ane Vielandt Jensen; Rune Heick; Brian Danielsen; Maarten Van Mechelen; Kasper Løvborg Jensen; Rachel Charlotte Smith; Ole Sejer Iversen

doi:10.1145/3563657.3596092

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

Mariana Aki Tamashiro, Marie-Monique Anastasia Schaper, Ane Vielandt Jensen, Rune Heick, Brian Danielsen, Maarten Van Mechelen, Kasper Løvborg Jensen, Rachel Charlotte Smith, Ole Sejer Iversen

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Number of pages	12
Volume	1
Place of publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2023
Pages	1236-1247
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-9893-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596092
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2023 - Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, United States Duration: 10 Jul 2023 → 14 Jul 2023 https://dis.acm.org/2023/

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Conference	ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2023
Location	Carnegie Mellon University
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh
Period	10/07/2023 → 14/07/2023
Internet address	https://dis.acm.org/2023/

Keywords

technology education
Toolkit for Educators
Societal Implications of Technology
Emerging Technologies
K-12 education
#CCTD
#CEED

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Iversen, O. S. (PI), Smith, R. C. (PI), Petersen, M. G. (PI), Kaspersen, M. H. (Participant), Van Mechelen, M. P. P. (Participant), Bilstrup, K.-E. K. (Participant), Schaper, M.-M. A. (Participant), Tamashiro, M. A. (Participant), Lunding, M. S. (Participant), Jensen, K. L. (Collaborator) & Danielsen, B. (Collaborator)
01/02/2020 → 31/12/2024
Project: Research

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Tamashiro, M. A., Schaper, M.-M. A., Jensen, A. V., Heick, R., Danielsen, B., Van Mechelen, M., Jensen, K. L., Smith, R. C., & Iversen, O. S. (2023). Teaching Technical and Societal Aspects of IoT - A case study using the Orbit IoT Kit. In DIS '23: : Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (Vol. 1, pp. 1236-1247). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596092

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Teaching Technical and Societal Aspects of IoT - A case study using the Orbit IoT Kit. / Tamashiro, Mariana Aki; Schaper, Marie-Monique Anastasia; Jensen, Ane Vielandt et al.
DIS '23: : Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Vol. 1 New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. p. 1236-1247.

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

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