Following a successful transition meeting yesterday. The Intelligent Campus project has moved from Discovery to Alpha. In the discovery phase we explore new ideas and emerging technology to establish which ideas meet Jisc member’s needs, are technically feasible, fit Jisc’s remit and stand a chance of becoming sustainable services. If an idea passes all these … Read more
This year at the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Conference in Liverpool I am presenting a twenty minute session on the Intelligent Campus. If the spaces we use for teaching and learning could speak to us, what would they say? The places and spaces across colleges and universities are some of our biggest investments. But … Read more
Use Case: Emotional Recognition in the Library Could we use emotional recognition technology to discover when students are “troubled” or “in need of help” and then make appropriate interventions to support them in their studies? With constant emotional recognition could we start to understand what a “troubled” user’s expression is. What’s the issue? Users of … Read more
Use Case: There’s no room! This use case builds on two previous blog posts I’m sorry that’s my seat! and Is there any space in the library? What’s the issue? Demand for library space from students varies over time, not just over the day, but over the week and over the year. It can be … Read more
Use Case: Student Wellbeing on an Intelligent Campus What’s the issue? As well as enabling a student to achieve their academic goals, colleges and universities have a responsibility for a student’s wellbeing. Their health, both physical and mental, security and safety, are all important to institutions. The development of intelligent campuses can offer considerable support … Read more
Use Case: Mobile Applications and the Intelligent Campus What’s the issue? Many universities and colleges are already providing student applications for smartphones and tablets to enhance their campus and learning experience. It is in fact surprising that all institutions are not offering apps, even if there is currently very limited data available for their campus. … Read more
Use Case: Student Emotion Recognition What’s the issue? Can the performance of students and tutors be improved by a combination of emotion recognition and artificial intelligence (AI)? A number of universities are already looking at to the possibilities of using video monitoring and webcams across the intelligent campus along with emotion recognition software. In lecture … Read more
Use Case: Intelligent Campus, Smart City What’s the issue? The Wikipedia definition of a smart city is “an urban development vision to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of things (IoT) technology in a secure fashion to manage a city’s assets.” These developments are also directly applicable to college and university campuses. Additionally, … Read more
Efficient spaces on the intelligent campus What’s the issue? When you move around a university or college campus do you notice rooms and spaces that are currently unused or underused? Is space being utilised well or for an activity for which it wasn’t designed? As a teacher or lecturer do you have rooms you dislike … Read more
Use Case: Intelligent mapping What’s the issue? Most universities and colleges provide good quality traditional campus maps on paper and electronically, however, these could be hugely enhanced using the technology and data that is increasingly available. Combining this data with smartphone apps and electronic signage will improve the experience of campus users. Whether using basic … Read more