Arduino-based data loggers, sensing systems and actuators are pervading into other science disciplines (e.g., natural sciences) as a useful, low-cost tool for monitoring and data collection. Building on that, there is arguably now a strong push towards scientists and researchers having interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral skills.
The question, then, is how do we train those outside the computation/technical domain to be comfortable/effective users of technology without being muddled by computational/networking/technical jargon? And what methods work best in and out of the classroom?
For classroom and people who do haven't the domain there are several tools that help to program the Arduino in a simplified way, without needing to know the code. The main thing is the Scratch environment (
Http://s4a.cat/ and https://scratch.mit.edu/).
Arduino is a tool with multidisciplinary potentiality, I think it is important after performing more basic tasks, teach the code itself.
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