Effects of Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Learning on Undergraduate Students' Innovation Design Ability
Keywords:
Internet of Things (IoT), Innovation Design, Design ThinkingAbstract
The purposes of this research were to: 1) compare undergraduate students’ innovation design ability before and after learning through Internet of Things (IoT)-based learning management, and 2) investigate students’ satisfaction toward IoT-based learning management. The sample consisted of 30 undergraduate students Semester 1, academic year 2025 from the Department of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education, Ramkhamhaeng University, selected through volunteer sampling. The study employed a pre-experimental research design using a one-group pretest–posttest design. The research instruments consisted of: 1) eight IoT-based learning management plans, 2) an innovation design ability test in the form of one essay question with a total score of 100 points, and 3) a student satisfaction questionnaire. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and paired-samples t-test. The results revealed that: 1) students’ innovation design ability after the learning intervention (M = 82.63, SD = 6.91) was significantly higher than before the intervention (M = 54.20, SD = 8.75), t(29) = 15.87, p < 0.001, with a very large effect size (Cohen’s d = 2.90); and 2) students’ overall satisfaction toward IoT-based learning management was at the highest level (M = 4.64, SD = 0.51). The findings indicate that IoT-based learning management effectively enhances undergraduate students’ innovation design ability in higher education.
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