Utilization of Remote Experimentation in Mobile Devices for Education

Authors

  • Willian Rochadel Federal University of Santa Catarina
  • Silvana Pires da Silva Federal University of Santa Catarina
  • Juarez Bento da Silva Federal University of Santa Catarina
  • Gustavo Ribeiro da Costa Alves Instituto Politécnico do Porto
  • Thaís Doll Luz Federal University of Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v6i3.2144

Keywords:

Remote experimentation, education, Mobile devices, Moodle, 3D Virtual Environment, Open source, Open hardware

Abstract


In this paper the authors intend to demonstrate the utilization of remote experimentation (RE) using mobile computational devices in the Science areas of the elementary school, with the purpose to develop practices that will help in the assimilation process of the subjects taught in classroom seeking to interlink them with the daily studentsâ?? activities. Allying mobility with RE we intend to minimize the space-temporal barrier giving more availability and speed in the information access. The implemented architecture utilizes technologies and freely distributed softwares with open code resources besides remote experiments developed in the Laboratory of Remote Experimentation (RExLab) of Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Brazil, through the physical computation platform of the â??open hardwareâ? of construction of our own. The utilization of open code computational tools and the integration of hardware to the 3D virtual worlds, accessible through mobile devices, give to the project an innovative face with a high potential for reproducibility and reusability.

Author Biographies

Willian Rochadel, Federal University of Santa Catarina

Undergraduate in Information and Communication Technologies, UFSC - Campus Araranguá. More information is available at: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4089874234122761

Silvana Pires da Silva, Federal University of Santa Catarina

Undergraduate in Information and Communication Technologies, UFSC - Campus Araranguá. More information is available at: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0355365985890198

Juarez Bento da Silva, Federal University of Santa Catarina

Adjunct Professor, UFSC - Campus Araranguá. More information is available at: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1594563006260546

Gustavo Ribeiro da Costa Alves, Instituto Politécnico do Porto

Adjunct Professor, ISEP - School of Engineering - Polytechnic of Porto.

Thaís Doll Luz, Federal University of Santa Catarina

Undergraduate in Information and Communication Technologies, UFSC - Campus Araranguá. More information is available at: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5162888830028531

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Published

2012-07-09

How to Cite

Rochadel, W., Silva, S. P. da, Silva, J. B. da, Alves, G. R. da C., & Luz, T. D. (2012). Utilization of Remote Experimentation in Mobile Devices for Education. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 6(3), pp. 42–47. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v6i3.2144

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2012)

Section

Short Papers

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