Evaluación de introducción de internet de objetos en espacios de aprendizaje

Abstract

The need of learning is innate in human being, every day we are involved a learning process whether formal or informal. Within the academic community effort, the use of technological tools has been an ongoing activity. At this point the advances of mobile network technologies and new tools enable to explore and experiment in learning scenarios. Thus, use of mobile devices adds new dimensions such as mobility and personalization, the evolution of E-Learning components for mobile learning and ubiquitous learning, open the conceptual and technical development of the Internet of objects (IOT) in learning. This thesis is inspired by the need to improve learning and the need to explore and implement the current developments about the Internet of Objects. The main objective of this study is the evaluation of learning activities using the Internet of Objects; it is necessary for the study, implementation and demonstration of how IOT technologies and concepts can affect the traditional learning environment and create new environments so far not covered. In this way is how it´s propose: the “model for introducing IOT", which corresponds to a conceptual vision to reach and the "IOT environment” as a technology proposal that involves the development of a range of applications and systems based on the exploration and technical empowerment of the scenarios raised in the conceptual model. As part of the experiment, is the implementation of the theoretical model outlined under the use of the tools developed in the technology proposal. In real classes in three universities in three different cities in Spain and Colombia, were carried out the experiments by introducing various scenarios and experiences using the tools. It has been developed a standard evaluation of these experiences to take account of their design, experimental results and statistical measures of descriptive and inferential nature. The results showed that even under different cultural contexts, groups of students show the presence of learning using IOT tools and student outcomes are equivalent or in some cases better than the other groups.