Spring 2019 ELIFF Recipient: Dr. Andrew Rettig
Long Range Wireless Communication
What are the learning goals and outcomes for your proposed EL activity/program?
Goal: Setup and demonstration of LoRa (Long Range Wireless Communication) for the Internet of Things. Stream and record data on the temperature of the Curran Place student array. Outcome: Student comprehension of long range wireless capabilities. Student introduction to environmental sensing and data collection for solar efficiency and sustainability.
How will your EL activity/program enable active, hands-on, self-guided learning?
The class primarily has students working with wifi and cellular communication. This installation will allow the students to experience long range wireless capabilities and costs. The students will also be able to access and examine the data for the temperature of the solar array. The students will be assigned to correlate this data to the increased or decreased efficiency of the solar panels.
How will you ask students to reflect on what they learned through the EL activity/program?
The class will visit the Curran Place installation and fill out worksheets on the wireless capabilities. The students will have a lab discussing the end-to-end cyber-infrastructure and data samples.
How will you assess what your students learn as a result of participating in experiential learning?
The worksheets and lab will be graded for cyber-infrastructure and data comprehension.
How does your EL program/activity advance at least one or more of UD's institutional learning goals?
This implementation will demonstrate how current LoRa technology is a low cost solution for environmental monitoring. Students are often challenged to perform critical thinking to solve real world problems without having experienced hands-on advanced technology. This experience will help to demonstrate what is possible with LoRa installations to our engineering and earth scientists.