Mobi Net A Pedagogic Platform for Computer Science
Mobi. Net A Pedagogic Platform for Computer Science, Maths and Physics Sylvain Lefebvre, Fabrice Neyret, Samuel Hornus, Joëlle Thollot GRAVIR / IMAG-INRIA
History (since 2002) • Bi-annual ‘Engineering Week’ of INPG – Less students choose science – Public : highschool students (~15 years old) – Goal : discover research and engineering – How : 1 week of tutorials • Mobi. Net Tutorials – GRAVIR / IMAG-INRIA
Mobinet: Interactive simulation software • Put theory into practice – develop intuition – introduce scientific, engineering approach • Try, understand learn – accessible, easy to use – no fear of making mistakes • Develop team work – networked simulation space
Mobi. Net approach • Experience notions, visually !
Mobi. Net approach • Model of real world x : x+1 – Object’s state variables (x) mathematical model – Object’s motion (x : x+1) physical model of behavior • Nothing magic ! x
Mobi. Net
Network Computer 1 Master Computer 2
Network Computer 1 Master (visualize 1) Computer 2
Network Computer 1 Master (visualize 1 + 2) Computer 2
Network Computer 1 Master (visualize 1 + 2) Computer 2 (export hand)
Network Computer 1 Master (visualize 1 + 2) Computer 2 (visualize 1)
Mobi. Net tutorials Video games development • Students like video games ! • Simple games : highschool math & physics • Game world = simple model of real world • Engineering problem: split in simple tasks
Mobi. Net tutorials
Mobi. Net tutorials • 3 hours tutorial – 1 h 30: learn Mobi. Net, simple notions • • Create a mobile Simple trajectories Bouncing ball Interacting mobiles – 1 h 30: team work • Pong game • Presented as an engineering problem
Mobi. Net tutorials
Evaluation • Since 2002 – 4 INPG Egineering weeks – 16 groups – 250 students • Evaluation done in 2002 – 2 highschools – 3 groups – 77 students
Evaluation Have you been interested by the tutorial ? + 77 students
Evaluation Have you find using Mobi. Net easy ? + 77 students
Evaluation Do you think this tutorial was useful for you ? + 77 students
Evaluation Did Mobi. Net change your idea of math and physics ? + 77 students
The future • Mobi. Net tutorials – ‘Engineering Week’ of INPG • Distribution – Free, open source – http: //mobinet. imag. fr • Mobi. Net into highschool and universities
Pedagogic use • • Personal use Stand-alone tutorials Visualization of course concepts Exercises – from scratch – from framework given by teacher • Clubs • …
Demo
Acknowledgments – Students and teachers of involved highschools – All the teaching assistants – Patrick Kocelniak for technical support – INPG for administrative and financial support
Questions ? Demo: • during coffee break • after lunch 13 h 30 / 14 h 00 Mobi. Net http: //mobinet. imag. fr mobinet@imag. fr
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