A model driven method to design educational cyber physical systems

Abstract

Instructional design is a major concern in TELE (Technology Enhanced Learning Environments) research, especially since the beginning of the Covid-19 health crisis. Since the beginning of this crisis, emergency remote teaching has been widely used. Accordingly, the primary objective in these circumstances is not to re-create a robust educational ecosystem, but rather to provide adapted access to instructional support, learning materials, services and objects. However, design connectedness in such environments is still required regarding the emergence of IoT (Internet of things) and CPS (Cyber Physical Systems) in everyday life and thus in educational environments. In this paper, we propose a model-driven engineering method for the design of Educational Cyber Physical Systems (ECPS). Our method deals with the separation of concerns when it comes to considering a Platform Independent Model (educational aspect) and a Platform Description Model (connected aspect). This practice could then be adopted in order to design further environments by adapting the required models.