Expanding Remote Student Learning-Internet of Things Applications and Exercises

The availability of inexpensive sensor, communication, and computing devices continue to drive a rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This has resulted in an increase in the importance of the inclusion of IoT related content in education programs. A project underway at Texas A&M University-Kingsville seeks to support teaching IoT concepts to remote learners through the design and deployment of IoT learning toolkits. A series of exercises have been developed to assist remote learners in becoming familiar with the toolkits and to introduce basic IoT concepts. The learning kits are to be deployed in two senior level capstone project courses to teach IoT related concepts and encourage students to consider how IoT technology might be beneficial for and integrated into their project designs.