A Proposed Implementation of Internet of Things as a Teaching Aid for Learning Science Collaboratively

Collaboration is one of the competencies within the 21st century skills framework. To nurture this competency in schools, teachers design their lessons to include group work and activities. The COVID-19, however, has dramatically changed the way teachers design collaborative activities. The Internet of Things (IoT) is an example of technology that can play a role in collaborative learning. The use of IoT as a teaching aid might not be as widespread as mobile technologies, virtual reality, and augmented reality but its impact is equally beneficial. The impact of IoT in teaching and learning can be seen in two perspectives. Firstly, it could make learning more interesting as the use of the IoT devices provides more hands on to the students. Students get to use the IoT device, record the data and perform analysis on the data. Secondly, IoT allows for collaborative learning to happen as data captured by the IoT device is stored on the Internet. The aim of this paper is to explore the potential of IoT as a collaborative learning teaching aid for Science subject. This paper proposes two IoT implementations. This paper presents the design of the two IoT systems and the way that it can be used in the teaching and learning of science. The intention of adopting IoT as a teaching aid for science subject is to enhance student’s learning experience in the subject through hands on and collaboration activities.