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SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND EDUCATIONAL CASE STUDY WITH COST-EFFECTIVE IOT
CAMPUS BY THE USE OF WEARABLE, TABLET, CLOUD
AND OPEN E-LEARNING SERVICES

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Toshiki UEDA , Yoshikazu IKEDA
1 Associate Professor, Department of Humane Informatics, Otani University
Koyama-Kamifusa-cho, Kita, Kyoto 603-8143, Japan (ueda.toshiki@res.otani.ac.jp)
2 Researcher, Shinshu Research Institute, Otani University
Koyama-Kamifusa-cho, Kita, Kyoto 603-8143, Japan (ikeda@ieee.org)

ABSTRACT venders that install iOS from Apple and Android from Google
In this paper the authors show a case study reporting for the devices. As the result, smartphone and tablet PC have
educational experiences in a Japanese university’s digital become prevalent in most Asian countries and the US
campus supported by the cost-performance improvement in especially for users in the 20s as shown in Fig. 1 [3]. Japan
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) including figures are slightly different as conventional mobile phones or
electronic devices and networks. The authors also report the feature phones show a higher usage in comparison with the US
use of wristband wearable devices to monitor walking and and China, probably from the fact that the prices of smartphone
sleeping habits of a student and the influence on health are still higher in Japan. The growth and prevalence of those
consciousness. Considering education effectively on campus ICT devices among the younger generation have provided
has become important in every country and area worldwide. In various educational opportunities.
this regard, we have conducted a socio-economics case study
with cost-effective ICT and Internet of Things (IoT) devices
including tablet PC, wearable and e-learning services. In order
to promote educational innovation regardless of economic and
political status of each country, the standardization is urgent
and important concerning education methods with advanced
technologies. We propose ITU to study best practices in
education in terms of network, devices, applications, contents
and teaching methods. ITU should seek the quality of education
methods including managing operational aspects like ISO 9001
Quality management and ISO/IEC 27001 Information security
management. In this paper our case study consists of two parts,
a deployment of large-scale tablet PCs and a successful
improvement in student’s Body Mass Index (BMI) implemented
by wearable devices as a basic condition for study attitude.
Keywords — Education; Innovation; Digital Campus;
Tablet PC; Wearable Device; IoT; Cloud Service; Learning
Management System; Best Practices; Methodology Standard
Fig. 1. Utilization Rate of Portable ICT Devices for Private Use
1. INTRODUCTION
In addition, Wi-Fi systems have become available at higher
After more than a 50-year advancement in development of speed and lower price, and Internet connectivity cost
electronic products due to “Moore’s law” [1], high performance performance is much improved, which suggests that ICT has
mobile information devices are currently available in the global become more cost-effective for the university educational
market in a cost-effective manner. Wireless technology and environment in combination with student tablet PC, or even
services are also becoming less costly and widespread not only smartphone, in support of Wi-Fi, intra-network, Internet and
in developed countries but also in developing countries. For Learning Management Systems (LMS).
personal communications, the “smartphone” is becoming quite
popular. The smart tablet PC with wireless communication In recent decades the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
capability and various applications is considered to be an such as Coursera, edX or Khan Academy, have developed and
innovative device to greatly improve educational activities from many are available free of charge. Many free educational
elementary and middle school levels to higher education. content services are also provided for professional or
Advancement of ICT should be very beneficial to students as qualification certificates and examinations.
well as faculty and administrators [2]. In 2011, the authors delivered about 500 sets of Apple’s iPad to
The price per performance of a tablet PC has decreased each all students, faculty and staff members of the Department of
year since 2010, because of strong product competition among Humane Informatics of Otani University, Kyoto, Japan. Every
year since 2011, about 100 sets are delivered to new students as
This work is supported by JPSS, Japan Society for the a basic tool at the university free of charge. This relatively
Promotion of Science KAKENHI Grant Number 16K00495 large-scale field trial was initiated to improve undergraduate
and 15K03711.

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