15 Uses of Beacons in Education
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- 1. BlueSense Networks Accent Advanced Systems AIRCable Plus Location Systems; Bluecats Estimote Beacons, a.k.a. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Bluetooth Smart: What do they look like?
- 2. Beacons make it possible to deliver educational content to specific areas or learning zones within a classroom, enabling a new level of personalized education. 1
- 3. Combine beacons with apps for wayfinding and campus tours. Printed maps are becoming a thing of the past. 2
- 4. With beacons, students can automatically check in at events. 3
- 5. Beacons make it possible to provide electronic coupons for discounts on food and drink at specific locations, such as dining areas. 4
- 6. In the bookstore, use beacons to: • Trigger notifications for discounts on merchandise or special events • Notify in-range students of the current wait time for the book buy-back line. $ 5
- 7. With beacons, schools can eliminate badge readers for granting building access to students. 6
- 8. Beacons can be used to set up scavenger hunts for students, with badges or prizes for completion. 7
- 9. Beacons can provide information on key landmarks, trees in an arboretum, or museum artwork to create augmented spaces or extended classrooms, when students use their smartphones closeby. 8
- 10. 9 Beacons can be used to deliver electronic agendas and meeting materials to students in the classroom.
- 11. With their accurate position capabilities, beacons can take the burden out of tracking class attendance. 10
- 12. Beacons can be used to restrict device access at locations. When a teacher with a beacon enters the classroom, all student devices with Mobile Device Management (MDM) are restricted to textbook app access only. 11
- 13. Beacons provide directions and rotating special content to students within a museum or library, replacing signs and printed programs. 12
- 14. Mass-produced paper programs are no longer necessary at sporting events, where beacons enable virtual athletic programs that describe the players and activity. 13
- 15. Beacons notify campus administrators of the accurate locations of students during campus emergencies, setting a new standard in campus safety. 14
- 16. Schools can use the location-sensing ability of beacons to better understand the flow of students and staff throughout the campus. This can help optimize scheduling and campus design, and remove bottlenecks. 15
- 17. WWW.EXTREMENETWORKS.COM/HIGHER-ED Special thanks to: Brian Rellinger and Bob Nilsson, with contributions from David Soliday, Joe Peterson, and Cheryl Pearl.