Experimental Results and Evaluation of SmartBox Stimulation Device in a P2P E-learning System

Author

Matsuo, Keita ; Barolli, Leonard ; Arnedo-Moreno, Joan ; Xhafa, Fatos ; Koyama, Akio ; Durresi, Arjan

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng., Fukuoka Inst. of Technol. (FIT), Fukuoka, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

19-21 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

44

Abstract

In this paper, we present the experimental results and evaluation of the SmartBox stimulation device in P2P e-learning system which is based on JXTA-Overlay. We also show the design and implementation of the SmartBox environment that is used for stimulating the learners motivation to increase the learning efficiency. The SmartBox is integrated with our P2P system as a useful tool for monitoring and controlling learners´ activity. We found by experimental results that the SmartBox is an effective way to increase the learner´s concentration. We also investigated the relation between learner´s body movement, concentration, and amount of study. From the experimental results, we conclude that the use of SmartBox is an effective way to stimulate the learners in order to continue studying while maintaining the concentration.

Keywords

Internet; behavioural sciences computing; educational aids; educational computing; educational technology; human factors; peer-to-peer computing; JXTA overlay; P2P e-learning system; SmartBox stimulation device; learners body movement; learners concentration; learners motivation stimulation; learning efficiency; Application software; Control systems; Electronic learning; Electronic mail; Informatics; Information security; Internet; Monitoring; Peer to peer computing; Web server; E-learning; JXTA; JXTA-Overlay; P2P Systems; SmartBox;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network-Based Information Systems, 2009. NBIS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Indianapolis, IN

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4746-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3767-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NBiS.2009.33

Filename

5350196