Effectiveness of an Internet of Things-based smart farming workshop model for enhancing science, technology, mathematics, and engineering awareness and seeding

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Thiagarajah, Siva Priya and Lo, Yew Chiong and Kung, Fabian Wai Lee and Alias, Mohamad Yusoff and Mahmud, Azwan and Shaik, Muhammad Asif and Yang, Tung Tze and Zing, Lim (2024) Effectiveness of an Internet of Things-based smart farming workshop model for enhancing science, technology, mathematics, and engineering awareness and seeding. IEEE Potentials. pp. 2-10. ISSN 0278-6648

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Abstract

STEM education plays a fundamental role in achieving the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. STEM education awareness can be enhanced through engaging workshops which allow students to appreciate how the Internet of Things (IoT) can be applied to increase convenience and productivity in daily tasks and the industry. This paper presents a model for a secondary school-based STEM workshop, which incorporates the theoretical and hands-on learning for IoT based smart farming technology. The workshops served as an interactive learning platform for students to appreciate the connections between Fifth Generation (5G) wireless networks, IoT and smart farming. A total of 350 secondary school students and 50 teachers from four schools in the Klang Valley of Malaysia benefitted from these theoretical and hands-on workshops. A separate workshop also targeted 60 teaching undergraduates at a local teaching institute. Post program analyses showed an average increase of 57.2% among all student participants in the awareness of STEM based careers. Z-score analysis indicate an general increase in the awareness and understanding of IoT, 5G and smart farming technologies. All post test results indicated an increase in the average scores, indicating a positive outcome in the knowledge transfer initiative for these technologies. Each institute that participated in the workshop also setup its own IoT based smart farm and was trained on the management of the smart farm and IoT system. The model presented is easily replicable at moderate cost, and thus can be used to reach out other school communities in suburban and rural areas, where STEM awareness is low. The workshops also serve as a platform for STEM based career seeding.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5G mobile communication, Smart agriculture
Subjects: S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101-6720 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering (FOE)
Depositing User: Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2024 02:55
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2024 02:55
URII: http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/13174

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