Resumen de m-IC: a mobile device based multimedia learning methodology for industrial computing
Houcine Hassan, Juan M. Martínez, Carlos Domínguez
To ensure the success of mobile learning, the use of an appropriate methodology to design and implement mobile device based oneducational tools is a key issue. Industrial Computing (IC) subject is a third year compulsory subject of Industrial Electronic andAutomation Engineering degree, which instructs students in the design and validation of Industrial Computing Systems (ICS) tocontrol medium size industrial processes. IC is organized through a Problem Based Learning (PBL) methodology to carry out theimplementation of ICS. In a traditional IC class, students had overheads to follow teacher’s demonstrations. Students did notcomplete project implementation because they were unable to follow part of the explanations, and hence they get unmotivated. Tosolve this problem, an IC mobile device based multimedia teaching methodology, namely m-IC is developed. m-IC allowsintegration of lecture videos, problems, laboratories and development demonstrations of ICS projects. In this way, m-IC allowsstudents autonomously plan their formation process and receive teacher guidance using a mobile phone. Moreover, smartphonesavailability makes these devices good candidates to learn IC. To show how students interact with m-IC, a smartphone applicationis detailed. The successful evaluation of m-IC by around 800 students during four years is presented.
