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Ten students from the ICT College Nieuwegein and five students from the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences received the "Participation ICT Lab" certificate on Monday 3rd July 2017. They earned this certificate by following the "productive learning" course at ICT Lab Utrecht over the past six months. The students collaborated on practical assignments from real clients and also attended Masterclasses on Internet of Things and Scrum.
Final Presentation and Demo The third group of students from ICT Lab Utrecht concluded the period with a final presentation. In the presence of various clients and funders, the students presented prototypes of their network, dashboard, website or app.
Smart Cities Projects The students worked in groups on four projects in the field of Smart Cities and Internet of Things. This resulted in the "ShopEase" app, which maintains the shopping experience while solving logistical problems in the city. Furthermore, municipalities can monitor traffic flows on a dashboard. Residents of municipalities can report improvements or disturbances in the "Carto" app. Finally, a LoRa gateway was built and tested with a moisture sensor application.
Impressed Attendees Attendees including representatives from ROC Midden Nederland, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Dialogic, Economic Board Utrecht, CA-ICT, and the municipalities of Utrecht and Velsen, were impressed by the achieved results. Pieter Ouwerkerk from the Municipality of Velsen praised the Carto app, dashboard, and API. The students have delivered a product that is almost ready for use, which has attracted interest not only from the Municipality of Velsen, but also from other municipalities.
Future of ICT Lab Utrecht Sven Maltha from Dialogic stated, "We are currently preparing for the next semester. We are also working on solidifying our collaborations and ensuring the continuation of ICT Lab Utrecht. Fortunately, interest in the projects we are working on is increasing."
ICT Lab Utrecht ICT Lab Utrecht has been in existence since 2016. The project is an initiative of Dialogic and the ICT College of ROC Midden Nederland. Dialogic has also established collaborations with Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, EBU, and CA-ICT within this project. The ICT Lab aims to improve the connection between education and the job market. "In addition to learning a trade, students also acquire other important skills in this project format such as teamwork, responsibility, entrepreneurship, and customer orientation," says Baudina Speerstra, department manager of the ICT College.
The education formula ICT Lab Utrecht has been nominated for a Computable Award in the category ICT Educator of 2017. You can vote here.