Analysis Of Heterogeneous Patterns – A Model For Enhanced Learning Using Raspberry Pi

Under the guidance of

Mr. Y Raghavender Rao Dr. L. Pratap ReddyAssoc. Prof of ECE Prof of ECE

JNTUHCEJ JNTUH

ByP Sandeep Kumar

11JJ1D0612M.Tech(DSCE)

Organization of Presentation

● Motivation● Introduction● Objectives ● Raspberry Pi for Secondary Education● Evaluation of Raspberry Pi for Secondary

Education● Conclusions and Future Scope

Motivation

● Use of Information and communication Technology in learning.

● Infrastructure, accessibility, linguistics aspects of pedagogy.

● Expensive devices – smart interactive white boards, projectors, computers are not feasible.

● Open hardware devices that are relatively cheaper than these devices can be brought to use in local public schools.

Motivation

● Open Hardware means hardware with less licensing issues.● Texas Instruments released miniature computing open hardware devices such as

Panda Board, Beagle Board, Beagle Bone for DSP applications like speech,music and video processing.

● Other open hardware devices include Cubie Board, Rascal, Open Pandora.● These devices are highly expensive of the order of hundred

dollars with capabilities of past generation computers.

Introduction

● Evolution of low cost hardware – Raspberry Pi.

● Capabilities of the order of emerging smart phones.● Flourishing of Raspberry Pi – close to 2 million devices

sold.●

Panda Board Beagle Board Beagle Bone Raspberry Pi

र 20,000 र 14,000 र 10,000 र 3,000

Introduction

Raspberry pi around the world

Raspberry pi for students

World around with Raspberry Pi

● Raspberry Pi used in several applications such as Robotics, Meteorology, Home automation, Gaming devices.

● The major aim of Raspberry Pi in the countries like U.K, France, U.S.A was to impart animated programming skills using applications such as scratch and pypy.

● But it is not the only way to look at Raspberry Pi.

Objectives

● Design a cost effective model for secondary schools

● Observe the consequences of the model through statistical data

● Contribution to the community with the obtained results

Raspberry Pi for secondary education

● Video talks in classroom● Slide show based content● Document viewing and editing● Support for vernacular languages● Virtual Network Computing● Educational tools● Document printing

Raspberry Pi for secondary education

● Video playing – omxplayer and Raspbmc

$omxplayer -o hdmi /place/of/file.mp4

Raspberry Pi for secondary education

Vernacular language support – intelligent Bus

$sudo apt-get install ibus ibus-m17n im-config

install the necessary fonts. ttf-telugu-fonts

Run i-bus preferences in the GUI environment, and add telugu as your desired input method.

Run in a terminal:

$ im-config -n ibus

Logout and re-login.

The ibus input method can be activated and deactivated in all applications with the keys configured (default: Ctrl + Space).

Application testing

List of educational application packages installed and working on Raspberry Pi

S.No Application Name Description license1 tuxmath video game for learning arithmetic GNU GPL2 tuxpaint graphics bitmap editor GNU GPL3 galculator calculator GNU GPL4 gelemental periodic table GNU GPL5 kalzium characteristics illustrating periodic table GNU GPLv26 Gcompris educational software for ages 2 to 10 GNU GPL7 Dr geo geometric diagram editor GNU GPL8 kbruch arithmetic calculations GNU GPL9 kgeography topographical view of various locations GNU GPL

10 kig interactive geometry software GNU GPL11 marble virtual globe GNU LGPL12 geogebra interactive geometry software GNU GPL13 step physics simulation engine GNU GPLv214 kalgebra calculator and 2D, 3D plotter GNU GPL15 kturtle graphical programming GNU GPL16 katomic puzzle game to learn bonds GNU GPLv217 Dia interactive geometry software GNU GPLv218 xpaint paint tool GPL19 bkchem molecule editor GNU GPL20 chemtool chemistry drawing tool GNU GPL21 drawxtl display crystal structure diagrams GNU GPLv222 gperiodic periodic table GNU GPLv223 kalzium interactive periodic table GNU GPLv224 treeviewx display phylogenetic structures GNU GPLv2

Raspberry Pi for secondary education

● Applications selected from kde-edu, skole linux, tux.

● Optimised SD card for secondary schools to replicate.

● Network of several other devices with Raspberry Pi.

● Similar functioning to that of a desktop computer.

Evaluation of Raspberry Pi for secondary education

● Video talks, slide shows presented in the local language i.e., telugu in view of the students in the schools.

● Collaborative laboratory activity.● Sample spaces of different sizes and different

classes were considered for the current work.

Programme modelling

Curriculum study of target groups

Content building through vidoesand presentations

Discussions in mailing lists

Selection of appropriate content

Sequencing of content

Pedagogy design and classroomactivity

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Average percentage afteractivity

VII (EM) 30 34.0 68.6

VIII (EM) 26 38.4 70.6

VII (TM) 44 35.4 56.8

VIII (TM) 64 40.2 63.4

Conclusions

● A cost effective model designed for secondary schools

● Low power graphic interface for any local public school

● Evident results show 35 percent increase in all cases

Future Scope

● Challenges for high end graphic support.● Extension to other levels of education.

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