ERIC Number: EJ1219538
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 10
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ISSN: EISSN-1545-679X
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Building the Physical Web: A Campus Tour Using Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons
OConnell, Jake; Frydenberg, Mark
Information Systems Education Journal, v17 n5 p22-31 Oct 2019
Estimote Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons deployed throughout a university campus enabled the creation of interactive tours for prospective and accepted students at Fall and Spring open house events. By configuring their mobile devices with an app to detect the beacons' signals, participants could view webpages containing information based on their current physical locations from the web addresses pushed to their devices by nearby beacons. Google Analytics and relational database reporting functions provided information related to the behavior of campus guests. This study presents lessons learned from deploying a Physical Web and results of analyzing user behavior based on the analytics data. The conclusions drawn from this data can be used to improve campus visits for prospective students and supplement decision making in university admissions offices. Participants in a follow-up survey shared their impressions of the Physical Web as an emerging technology. By joining in the project, participants said they learned more about the Physical Web and its application to real-life scenarios.
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, School Orientation, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Oriented Programs
Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals. Box 488, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480. e-mail: publisher@isedj.org; Web site: http://isedj.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
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