The Intelligent Classroom: Beyond Four Walls

It has become standard practice to use the traditional information technologies such as web and email in education. But as the University campus becomes increasingly deployed with interconnected computing technology, we begin to ask how the resulting “iCampus” resource can be used in new and novel ways. This paper builds upon our previous work in the area of intelligent environments and goes beyond the typical use of computing technology within education. We report on our current research that aims to apply mixed reality and ubiquitous computing paradigms to enrich the teaching and learning experience and describe our deployments and innovations across the University of Essex