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This Resource Letter provides a guide to the literature on teaching experimental physics using sensors in tablets, smartphones, and some specialized devices. After a general discussion of the hardware (sensors) and the software (apps), we…

Physics Education · Physics 2022-06-29 Martin Monteiro , Arturo C. Marti

Smartphone-integrated physics laboratories (SmartIPLs) have emerged as a cost-effective and scalable approach that offers new opportunities for enhancing introductory physics education. By leveraging the sensing, imaging, and computing…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-12-29 Yiping Zhao

Smartphones are widely available and used extensively by students worldwide. These phones often come equipped with high-quality cameras that can be combined with basic optical elements to build a cost-effective DIY spectrometer. Here, we…

In this paper we introduce a proposal to provide students in labs with an alternative to the traditional visible range spectrophotometers, whose acquisition and maintenance entails high costs, based on smartphones. Our solution faced two…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Carlos Balado Sánchez , Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo , Ana Fernández Vilas , Angel M. Sánchez Bermúdez

There is a growing consensus that physics majors need to learn computational skills, but many departments are still devoid of computation in their physics curriculum. Some departments may lack the resources or commitment to create a…

Physics Education · Physics 2009-11-13 Todd Timberlake , Javier E. Hasbun

Information technology influence higher education in various aspects, including education sector. This article discusses how smartphones facilitate online examination in computer science and information systems students. The research…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-01-24 Leon Andretti Abdillah

Consumer applications are becoming increasingly smarter and most of them have to run on device ecosystems. Potential benefits are for example enabling cross-device interaction and seamless user experiences. Essential for today's smart…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Muhammad Mehran Sunny , Moritz Berghofer , Ilhan Aslan

A smartphone, with its integrated sensors and cpu, can aid experiments in many different areas of Physics. We show how the resonant frequencies of a pipe can be measured using a smartphone and a Bic pen.

Physics Education · Physics 2014-01-13 Lorenzo Galante , Anna Maria Lombardi

Excessive smartphone use is now widely considered a personal and societal problem. It is recognized by application and smartphone makers, who provide tools to track the amount of use, set limits, or block certain services at predefined…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Jaroslaw Domaszewicz , Damian Sienicki , Michal Obirek

We present methods to implement collaborative experimentation with smartphone sensors for larger audiences as typically found at Universities. These methods are based on the app "phyphox", which is being developed by the authors, and…

M-learning (mobile learning) can take various forms. We are interested in contextualized M-learning, i.e. the training related to the situation physically or logically localized. Contextualization and pervasivity are important aspects of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2010-01-06 Bertrand David , Chuantao Yin , René Chalon

Mobile Learning (M-Learning) is an emerging discipline in the area of education and educational technology. So researchers are trying to optimize and expanding its application in the field of education. The aim of this paper is to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2013-04-18 Hossein Movafegh Ghadirli , Maryam Rastgarpour

We present a home-lab experimental activity, successfully proposed to our students during covid19 pandemic, based on \textit{state-of-the-art} technologies to teach error analysis and uncertainties to science and engineering students. In…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-04-04 Martin Monteiro , Cecilia Stari , Arturo C. Marti

In the last years, numerous Physics experiments using smartphone sensors have been reported in the literature. In this presentation we focus on a less-explored feature of the smartphones: the possibility of using (measure and register data)…

Physics Education · Physics 2019-10-02 Martin Monteiro , Cecilia Stari , Cecilia Cabeza , Arturo C. Marti

Described is an experiment in which a smartphone was caused to move at steady state in a vertical plane, on a path that was nearly circular. During a time interval of data acquisition that encompassed multiple orbits, the acceleration of…

General Physics · Physics 2010-12-16 Randall D. Peters

This article explores the possibilities of reusing obsolete smartphones and tablets to build new interactive systems. Taking the case of a musical instrument, I present my research into the design of a controller made from various of these…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Clara Rigaud

InkSurvey is free, web-based software designed to facilitate the collection of real-time formative assessment. Using this tool, the instructor can embed formative assessment in the instruction process by posing an open-format question.…

This work presents the IMPROVE dataset, a multimodal resource designed to evaluate the effects of mobile phone usage on learners during online education. It includes behavioral, biometric, physiological, and academic performance data…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Roberto Daza , Alvaro Becerra , Ruth Cobos , Julian Fierrez , Aythami Morales

Smartphones sensors are now commonly used by a worldwide audience thanks to their availability, high connectivity, and versatility. Here, we present a methodology to use a collection of smartphones, namely a fleet, as a distributed network…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-05 J. Zhang , N. Mokus , J. Casoli , A. Eddi , S. Perrard

Soft robots, particularly magnetic soft robots, require specialized simulation tools to accurately model their deformation under external magnetic fields. However, existing platforms often lack dedicated support for magnetic materials,…