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Find free learning places online
Image: Andreas Fischer.
The new control system makes the currently available space detectable at a glance: Based on the WLAN utilization in the building, the current occupancy of workstations for specific areas or levels is displayed. For this purpose, the devices (smartphones, laptops, tablets) logged on to the corresponding WLAN access points are determined and the currently occupied seats are estimated using a learning algorithm. The information is processed graphically and made available in real time. The Seatfinder will go live on October 1 and will initially record learning seats in the campus library and LEO - Learning Place.
The increasing demand for learning and working places is a general trend at German universities and can be observed at all institutions that offer places of this kind. In recent years, the University of Kassel has also been able to meet the demand only to a limited extent, for example by temporarily opening the refectory at Holländischer Platz for learning groups. In order to further improve the learning space available on campus, the three infrastructure facilities IT Service Center, Service Center Teaching and University Library have provided the Seatfinder guidance system as part of a QSL project. For this purpose, an idea was adapted that is already being used successfully at other universities.
The procedure does not pose any data protection problems. It does not record the data of the individual devices, but only the total number of all devices at the respective location. The data cannot be used to determine the location of a device or its user. In perspective, an expansion to other learning locations of the university is possible.
Link: www.uni-kassel.de/go/seatfinder.
Contact:
Dr. Matthias Schulze
Kassel University Library
Head of Department III: Digital Library Services
Phone +49 561 804-3821
schulze[at]bibliothek.uni-kassel[dot]de
Dipl.-Psych. Simone Blum
Servicecenter Lehre
Contact person LEO - Lernort
Phone +49 561 804-7631
s.blum[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
Dipl.-Ing. Uğur Koç
IT Servicezentrum
Group Manager Data and Telecommunications
Tel: +49 561 804-3965
ugur.koc[at]uni-kassel[dot]de