Title :
The development of electronic conference system for multiple-campus universities
Author :
Dolwithayakul, Banpot ; Chooprom, Subordin ; Sripuak, Sunisa ; Boonnasa, Pasita ; Pengchuan, Boonma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Software Dev., Silpakorn Univ., Pathom, Thailand
Abstract :
One of the major issues of multiple-campus university is the distance between campuses which makes the collaboration between campuses inefficient. Each time the conference is occur, the most budget are spent on the transportation, time, and paperwork. In this study, we redesign the electronic conference system for multiple-campus universities. We chose our university (Silpakorn University) as a case study. Moreover, we also make a good use of tablet personal computers and laptops with touchscreen input (a.k.a. Ultrabooks) to enhance the conference experience. The new minimal and simple user interface design make a larger number of directors decided to use this system 275% than the previously developed system. They´re also satisfy with the simplicity design (Average score 4.50) and enhance the conference efficiency of the director (Average score 4.43). The newly developed system also makes the conference to “paperless conference” and significantly reduces the transportation and paperwork cost on each conference by approximately USD 188.96 or USD 4724.05 per year.
Keywords :
cost reduction; educational administrative data processing; educational institutions; notebook computers; teleconferencing; transportation; user interfaces; Silpakorn University; electronic conference system; laptops; multiple-campus universities; paperless conference; paperwork cost reduction; tablet personal computers; touchscreen input; transportation cost reduction; ultrabooks; user interface design; Authentication; Bandwidth; Educational institutions; Streaming media; Web servers; mobile computing; software development; tablet PC; teleconference;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 2014 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nakhon Ratchasima
DOI :
10.1109/ECTICon.2014.6839828