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Intelligent Campus (iCampus) Impact Study

4 December 2012

Nora AionLinda HelmandollarMinjuan WangJason Ng

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Problem

There is “climate change” in education.

Today’s students engage with the learning differently from students of yesterday.

This calls for bridging the technological gap in the educational sector.

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•Determine the impact of the iCampus initiative on the institutions’ key performance indicators (KPIs).

•Obtain feedback or insights for the overall iCampus initiative

•Determine if and to what extent the institutions are implementing iCampus or if they plan to in the future.

Study Objectives

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Definition of iCampus Pillars

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iLearning

Holistic eLearning, collaborative student care system, real-time

remote distance learning, user on-demand course delivery and

assessment, interactive cross-varsity lectures and online

materials, customized course programme, analysis of student learning path, push/pull eInfos,

eBooks & other eResources, etc.

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iManagement

Centralized building management and maintenance, auto emergency system, automated surveillance, security access and control, etc.

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iGovernance

Campus internal and external governance, process visibility,

adaptability, self-configurability, auto presetting and reporting, etc.

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iSocial

Social networking & communication, information sharing, work

collaboration, social localization, pattern analysis,

interest grouping, etc.iSocia

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iGreen

Green ICT and sustainability, smart energy harvesting, intelligent sensor

managementsystem, passive and active design,

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iHealth

Proactive, preventative health care, remote healthcare system, mobile

health, telecare, telemedicine, centralized eHealth records,

intelligent eBioinformatics, early epidemic alert platform, etc.

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Key Performance Indicators

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Develop an online survey

Deploy the survey to educational institutions

Analyze responses

Report findings

Methodology

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Qualtrics Survey Tool

Section of Survey Description

Demographics Questions covering the demographics of the survey participants and the institutions they are a part of such as their name, position, and the size of the institution.

iLearning Questions designed to reveal how iLearning strategies such as “holistic eLearning” and “shared open content” are being used in the participants’ institutions.

iManagement Questions designed to reveal how iManagement strategies such as “smart building management” are being used in the participants’ institutions.

iGovernance Questions designed to reveal how iGovernance strategies such as configurable governance systems are being used in the participants’ institutions.

iSocial Questions designed to reveal how iSocial strategies including social networking technology are being used in the participants’ institutions.

iGreen Questions designed to reveal how iGreen strategies such as “intelligent sensor management systems” are being used in the participants’ institutions.

iHealth Questions designed to reveal how iHealth strategies such as “early warning systems” are being used in the participants’ institutions.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Questions designed to reveal the impact of the iCampus initiative on key performance indicators of the participants’ institutions.

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Survey Question Example

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Survey Question Example

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Survey Question Example

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Survey ResponsesShanghai Jiaotong University

East Carolina University

Johnson & Wales University

George Mason University

UNIVERSITY OF TROMSOE

Allscripts

University of Minnesota Duluth

IBERO

UNAM

East Normal University of China

Shandong University of Science and Technology

Department of Educational Technology (San Diego State University)

Beijing Normal University

Instituto Tecnológico de León

Hongik University

Brunel University

University of Essex

UIA

Shanghai TV university

Beijing Normal University

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Question: Please indicate your institution’s plans for implementing or its current use of the following iLearning strategies:

Findings - iLearning

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Question: Please indicate your institution’s plans for implementing or its current use of the following iManagement Strategies:

Findings - iManagement

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Question: Please indicate your institution’s plans for implementing or its current use of the following iGovernance Strategies:

Findings - iGovernance

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Question: Please indicate your institution's use of the following iSocial resources:

Findings - iSocial

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Question: Please indicate your institution's plans for implementing or its current use of the following iSocial strategies:

Findings - iSocial

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Question: Please indicate your institution's plans for implementing or its current use of the following iGreen strategies:

Findings - iGreen

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Question: Please indicate your institution's plans for implementing or its current use of the following iHealth strategies:

Findings - iHealth

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Summary

iLearning systems and solutions

holistic eLearning technologies

x iGreen or iHealth

x Smart system

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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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Question: Regardless of how you measure the reputation of your institution, what has been the impact of intelligent technologies on the reputation of your institution?

Question: Which pillar(s), specifically, have impacted the reputation of your institution?

Findings – KPIs Reputation of an Institution

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Question: Regardless of how you measure learning and teaching quality, what has been the impact of intelligent technologies on learning and teaching quality of your institution?

Question: Which pillar(s), specifically, have impacted learning and teaching quality within your institution ?

Findings – KPIs Learning and Teaching Quality

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Question: Regardless of how you measure research impact and performance, what has been the impact of intelligent technologies on the research impact and performance of your institution?

Question: Which pillar(s), specifically, have impacted research impact and performance of your institution ?

Findings – KPIs Research Impact and Performance

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Question: Regardless of how you measure the educational environment and engagement of your institution, what has been the impact of intelligent technologies on the educational environment and engagement of your institution?

Question: Which pillar(s), specifically, have impacted educational environment and engagement of your institution ?

Findings – KPIs Educational Environment and Engagement

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Question: Regardless of how you measure organizational sustainability and capability at your institution, what has been the impact of intelligent technologies on organizational sustainability and capability of your institution?

Question: Which pillar(s), specifically, have impacted organizational sustainability and capability at of your institution ?

Findings – KPIs Organizational Sustainability and

Capability

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Implications

50% state that intelligent, smart, and planned solutions have some impact on their institutions’ KPIs.

There were few “strong impact” responses to the iPillars on the KPIs. Over half of the responses were “some impact”.

The iCampus proposition is a long-term initiative.

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Recommendations for Future Research

Geographical Location

Culture

What are the barriers for implementing iHealth solutions?

Funding (or lack of)

Departmental or individual influences

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Questions?

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[1] Wang, M. J., “An Intelligent Learning Model Based on Cloud Computing”, Etisalat-BT Innovation Center (EBTIC) technical report, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 2011.

[2] Ng, J.W.P., “White Paper on the Intelligent Campus (iCampus)”, Etisalat-BT Innovation Center (EBTIC) white paper, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Version 2.1, May 2010, p. 2.

[3] Ng, J.W.P., Azarmi, N., Leida, M., Saffre, F., Yoo, P., and Afzal, A., “The Intelligent Campus (iCampus): End-to-end learning lifecycle of a knowledge ecosystem”, IEEE Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Environments, July 2010.

[4] Marrs, B. (2012, June 6). "How to Design Key Performance Indicators", Management Case Study, Advance Performance Institute. [Online]. Available: http://www.ap-institute.com

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