This is a guest blog post by Andrew Cormack, chief regulatory adviser, Jisc technologies looking at some of the issues that arise when using location-aware applications. Wouldn’t it be great if, when passing the library, your mobile phone reminded you of the books you meant to borrow? Wouldn’t it be scary if your tutor knew … Read more
As part of a wider Jisc consultation on libraries with key stakeholders I was invited to present some background to the Intelligent Campus Digital horizon: The intelligent campus During this session James will provide you with an overview of Jisc’s intelligent campus project, our direction of travel and why. This was based on previous presentations … Read more
Voice assistants are becoming not just more widespread, but also much more useful. Alexa was announced by Amazon in November 2014 alongside the Echo devices, which act as connected speakers and hubs for voice controlled devices. The Echo devices act as connected hubs complete with speakers and in some cases small screens. Cortana from Microsoft … Read more
There has been plenty of hype over artificial intelligence and the internet of things. Is it time to put aside the cynicism that this kind of hype generates and look seriously at how we can take advantage of these emerging technologies to improve the student experience and build an intelligent library? The internet of things … Read more
The guide covers the why and how of the intelligent campus space, incorporating ethics, strategic drivers and the learner voice. Download the guide Read more
Case studies are a useful tool to describe how others across the sector are working on the concept of the intelligent campus. Though not always instantly transferable from one situation to another, they can be used to see what experiences, problems and issues others have faced and importantly how they overcame them. We would like … Read more
The opening paragraph in the Jisc publication Strategic approaches to learning analytics in UK higher education says: Learning analytics cannot yet be considered a mature field in UK higher education. However, the use of data about learners and their learning to address areas such as attrition and curriculum enhancement is increasingly being investigated through projects … Read more
In this news piece, Tourism pressures: Five places tackling too many visitors – BBC News, there is an interested use of technology by empowering visitors with knowledge of how busy the paths in the cliffside towns of Cinque Terre. Tourists cannot get enough of the five brightly painted cliffside towns in northern Italy known as … Read more
We’re working on ways to improve the student experience by capturing and analysing the many kinds of data that can be collected across university and college campuses. This research is developing alongside our effective learning analytics project and our work to build a learning analytics service. At the core of the learning analytics service is … Read more
Jisc in partnership with GSA have published a new report by Esmat Mirzamany (Jisc) and Joe Barrett (GSA) on how universities and cities could work together to build a smart city taking advantage of the connectivity and computing capacity unleashed by the next generation (5G) mobile networks. “Smart City” has become a hot topic in … Read more