Ubiquitous Computing in the Classroom: An Approach through Identification Process

José Bravo; Ramón Hervás; Gabriel Chavira

doi:10.3217/jucs-011-09-1494

JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 11(9): 1494-1504, doi: 10.3217/jucs-011-09-1494

Ubiquitous Computing in the Classroom: An Approach through Identification Process

José Bravo^‡, Ramón Hervás^§, Gabriel Chavira^|

‡ Castilla-La Mancha University, Ciudad Real, Spain§ Castilla-La Mancha University, Spain| Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Mexico

Corresponding author: José Bravo ( jose.bravo@uclm.es )

This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.

Citation: Bravo J, Hervás R, Chavira G (2005) Ubiquitous Computing in the Classroom: An Approach through Identification Process. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 11(9): 1494-1504. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-011-09-1494

Abstract

In recent years, there have been many efforts at research towards obtaining the simple and natural use of computers, with interfaces closer to the user. New visions such as that of the Ubiquitous Computing paradigm emerge. In Ubiquitous Computing the computer is distributed in a series of devices with reduced functionality, spread over the user's environment and communicating wirelessly. With these, context-aware applications are obtained. In this paper we present an approach to the classroom context by identification process using RFID technology, as an implicit input to the system. The main goal is to acquire natural interaction, because the only requirement for the user (teacher or student) is to carry a device (smart label), identifying and obtaining context services. Some of these services and the mechanisms that make them available are described here, together with a scenario of their use in the classroom.

Keywords

ubiquitous computing, RFID, implicit interaction, context aware