ActiveCampus: Experiments in Community-Oriented Ubiquitous Computing

The UCSD ActiveCampus project is an exploration of wireless location-aware computing in the university setting. ActiveClass supports classroom activities such as anonymous asking of questions, polling, and student feedback. ActiveCampus Explorer supports several location aware applications, including location-aware instant messaging and maps of the user's location annotated with dynamic hyperlinks of nearby buddies, digital graffiti, etc. This paper describes results on the use of these systems by several hundred students, drawing on observations, aggregate usage data, anecdotes, and the analytical perspective of Ecologies. Analysis exposes novel behaviors, the relevance of proximity in social computing, and a willingness to share location information with others.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2004
• Where: COMPUTER
• Authors: William G. Griswold, Patricia Shanahan, Steven W. Brown, Robert T. Boyer, Matt Ratto, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Tan Minh Truong
• Keywords: COMPUTER 2004, Location Aware Applications, UCSD ActiveCampus Project, Wireless Location-aware Computing