Kiosks
An Experiment with "hand-held kiosks"
Created by Kyle Johnson (Guilford College) on October 02, 2005
The folks at Montclair State Univeristy are trying something interesting; cell phones as personal kiosks. Things like campus shuttle information and dining hall menus are available to students via cell phones. Incoming first year students get the phones for free and other students pay $50 (no word on how the monthly costs are being handled). This looks very interesting. I'm looking forward to hearing more about this, especailly how the university repurposed (or developed) the content and applications for the phones.
Little guys make a big splash: PDA projects at Virginia Commonwealth University
| Title: | Little guys make a big splash: PDA projects at Virginia Commonwealth University (ID: CSD2629) | | Author(s): | James S. Bostick | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2002) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University has had a keen interest in handheld technology for a number of years, and there have been numerous projects developed that involve PDAs. The number of commercial and shareware health related applications available for PDAs has skyrocketed, which has added to the already growing interest on the medical campus. This paper describes some of the innovative health- related PDA projects under way at VCU which include a project involving medical students who were given PDAs loaded with various medical reference software to use in their work with patients, a Nurse Anesthesia project that uses video clips of procedures downloaded to PDAs for quick reference by students in the field and a creative use of PDAs and scanners to record attendance during grand rounds in the Department of Surgery. VCU is also implementing infrared kiosks around campus so that mobile PDA users can easily HotSync to the network to use email and download web clipping content. Other projects are under discussion such as the possibility of hosting a higher education PDA conference at which presentations can be made and ideas shared. | | View this resource: | |
Implementing a Kiosk-based Campus Information System at Community Colleges: Three Case Studies
| Title: | Implementing a Kiosk-based Campus Information System at Community Colleges: Three Case Studies (ID: CNC9424) | | Author(s): | Stephen Jonas (Sinclair Community College), Stephen J. Megregian (Brevard Community College), Gary E. Wenger (College of DuPage), Judith W. Leslie (TRG, Inc.), and Darlene Burnett (IBM Corporation) | | Origin: | Presented at CAUSE Conferences (Archives) (1994) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | This document describes a panel of three college executives sharing insights on the implementation of touch-screen kiosk-based campus information systems (CIS). The three colleges cumulatively offer students approximately 20 kiosk encasements on campus for access to the CIS. The CIS interacts with live data from the host system; includes text files and data bases, such as course catalogs and faculty/staff directories; features an advising component; and presents graphical images, such as campus maps. Although the executives from the colleges have differing responsibilities, each assumed an important role in the CIS's implementation. The executives described the complete implementation project, from involving various administrative departments to define the CIS's functionality, to reporting on its effectiveness. They also spoke of their future plans for the system, such as installing at off-campus sites, featuring information from state agencies, and incorporating new business procedures to improve the efficiency of college processes. An IBM consultant discussed the components of creating a student-centered environment and a senior executive from the CIS developer served as moderator. Paper presented at CAUSE94, the full proceedings of which are available through this Library as PUB1094. | | View this resource: | |
Serving Students Well Serves Us
| Title: | Serving Students Well Serves Us (ID: CNC9422) | | Author(s): | Timothy Heidinger (University of California, Berkeley) | | Origin: | Presented at CAUSE Conferences (Archives) (1994) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | University of California, Berkeley, is taking important technological steps to dramatically improve access by students, faculty and staff to student information. Using mainframe, client/server, and voice response technology, students can enroll in classes, find out their grades, or check their financial aid by telephone, and soon can look at their records from computers at campus kiosks, labs and dorms. This case study of how we got there profiles forces of centralized versus distributed computing that threatened derailment and coalesced into partnership. Central director for student systems describes "religious wars" between system staff and departments; how providing increasingly complex services campus-wide made it necessary to reconcile differences, align as partners, explore new technologies including client/server. Project leader for undergraduate affairs recaps infusing technology into their own backyard, moving from micro-computer mavericks to managing partners. Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Affairs summarizes how their leadership in distributed computing changed his organization. Paper presented at CAUSE94, the full proceedings of which are available through this Library as PUB1094. | | View this resource: | |
Reengineering Administrative Partnerships
| Title: | Reengineering Administrative Partnerships (ID: CNC9413) | | Author(s): | Susan A. Cover (University of Delaware) and Joseph DiMartile (University of Delaware) | | Origin: | Presented at CAUSE Conferences (Archives) (1994) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | This paper describes the reengineering of Delaware's student services. The functions of billing, collection, cashier, registrar, dining services, financial aid, ID card, parking, housing, and long distance telephone service have been merged in a partnership of process and technology, and located in a single building. The Student Services Building follows a "branch bank" model with a large lobby where self-service technologies enable students to perform routine business; providing easy access to transcripts, grades, schedules, financial aid and billing information. An open counter is staffed by "generalists" from several campus units who have been cross-trained and provided technologies to enable them to deliver a variety of services. This successful merger of business units was facilitated by the application of appropriate technology and has resulted in staff reduction, cost containment, and improved customer service and satisfaction. Paper presented at CAUSE94, the full proceedings of which are available through this Library as PUB1094. | | View this resource: | |
Reengineering for the 13th Generation
| Title: | Reengineering for the 13th Generation (ID: CNC9415) | | Author(s): | Louise Lonabocker (Boston College) and John J. Springfield (Boston College) | | Origin: | Presented at CAUSE Conferences (Archives) (1994) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | This paper describes the development of partnerships among information technology and administrative and academic departments at Boston College to deliver information and service to this self-sufficient generation in a fast, familiar, intuitive way. Business practices and information systems have been reengineered to provide new ways of presenting, transmitting and processing information; and office procedures now offer one-stop service that automatically routes information throughout the university for simultaneous processing. Paper presented at CAUSE94, the full proceedings of which are available through this Library as PUB1094. | | View this resource: | |
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