mobinet a pedagogic platform for computer science, maths and physics sylvain lefebvre, fabrice...
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MobiNetA 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
• MobiNet Tutorials– GRAVIR / IMAG-INRIA
Mobinet: Interactive simulation software
• Put theory into practice– develop intuition– introduce scientific, engineering approach
• Try, understand and learn– accessible, easy to use– no fear of making mistakes
• Develop team work– networked simulation space
MobiNet approach
• Experience notions, visually !
MobiNet approach• Model of real world
– Object’s state variables (x) mathematical model
– Object’s motion (x : x+1) physical model of behavior
• Nothing magic !
x
x : x+1
MobiNet
Network
Master
Computer 2
Computer 1
Network
Master (visualize 1)
Computer 2
Computer 1
Network
Computer 2
Computer 1
Master (visualize 1 + 2)
Network
Computer 2 (export hand)
Computer 1
Master (visualize 1 + 2)
Network
Computer 2 (visualize 1)
Computer 1
Master (visualize 1 + 2)
MobiNet 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
MobiNet tutorials
MobiNet tutorials
• 3 hours tutorial
– 1h30: learn MobiNet, simple notions• Create a mobile• Simple trajectories• Bouncing ball• Interacting mobiles
– 1h30: team work• Pong game• Presented as an engineering problem
MobiNet tutorials
Evaluation
• Since 2002– 4 INPG Egineering weeks– 16 groups– 250 students
• Evaluation done in 2002– 2 highschools– 3 groups– 77 students
EvaluationHave you been interested by the tutorial ?
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77 students
EvaluationHave you find using MobiNet easy ?
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77 students
EvaluationDo you think this tutorial was useful for you ?
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77 students
EvaluationDid MobiNet change your idea of math and physics ?
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77 students
The future
• MobiNet tutorials– ‘Engineering Week’ of INPG
• Distribution– Free, open source– http://mobinet.imag.fr
• MobiNet 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 ?
MobiNet
http://mobinet.imag.fr
Demo:
• during coffee break
• after lunch 13h30 / 14h00