ABSTRACT
The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm is widely seen as revolutionary in manufacturing, large-scale industries and many other aspects of our every-day life, e.g. Smart Homes and Smart Cities. In this paper we describe our learning project focused on IoT. We propose principles and contents for specifically addressing IoT in the computer science education since the beginning of technical studies, allowing students to learn computer science and engineering pillars IoT is built upon. We believe that this kind of approach could motivate students to enthusiastically embrace Information Technology and Computer Science. We implemented our learning project at the high school level, coping with the COVID-19 pandemic period. The technologies used for remote learning in that period are also described, with an emphasis on our virtual lab approach. © 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.