Harnessing Edutainment in Higher Education: an Example of an IoT Based Game

In this paper the authors study the problem of designing new tools and approaches for a higher implementation of edutainment into formal e-learning. The main goal is to design an educational game in order to effectively support the teaching process in higher education. The developed game is based on Internet of things technologies and implemented as a part of a smart classroom. It includes IoT infrastructure for solving assignments within a course, a mobile application that students use to interact with the game and a component for integration with Moodle LMS. The game has been implemented within the educational process at Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade

Development of an educational game based on IoT

nternet of Things(IoT)in combination with game based learning offers new possibilities to improve teaching and learning. This paper presents an example of using the IoTin education through the creation of an educational interactive game. Aneducational game based on the IoThas been developed. The developed systemaims to motivate students to acquire and enhance knowledge in the field of IoT. The system is composed of a mobile application that serves as a controller for students, an administrative tool in the form of a web application used by the teachers, a set of assignments implemented within a smart educational environment, and a collection of web services used for integration of software components.The system is integrated with Moodle learning management system. The evaluation has been conducted at the Faculty of organizationalsciences, University of Belgrade, during the Summer school in Internet of Things. A group of seven students played the game, solved the knowledge test, and gave their opinions on usefulness, ease of use, ease of learning and satisfaction with the developed system. Results show that the game has a positive effect on students’ knowledge and attitudes, and therefore is suitable for application within a blended learning environment