Breaking the Campus Bubble: Informed, Engaged, Connected

Abstract

This paper introduces UniVote, a system supporting mobile phone-based interaction with public displays. The case study carried out at Lancaster University indicates that the campus "bubble" in which students live can lead to feelings of isolation within an insular community cut off from the outside world. UniVote makes use of a voting system to help elicit user involvement, keep users informed of campus- and world-wide events and news and create a sense of community. Findings of this preliminary study suggest that the campus “bubble” can indeed be broken, and the voting component of the system particularly fosters interaction and human connectedness.

Affiliations

Lancaster University

Computing Department

LA1 4WA

[phone]

Lancaster University

Computing Department

LA1 4WA

[phone]

Lancaster University

Computing Department

LA1 4WA

[phone]

Bosch Japan

SAP

[phone]

University of Bath

Computer Science and

Psychology

[phone]

17 Millthrop

Sedbergh

LA10 5SP

[phone]

Contributors

Nick Day

Corina Sas

Alan Dix

Motoko Toma

Chris Bevan

Dave Clare

Conference

Publication date: September 2007

Publication date (Print): September 2007

Pages: 1-4

ID: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2007.78

Copyright statement: © Nick Day et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of HCI 2007 The 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference University of Lancaster, UK

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Conference name: Proceedings of HCI 2007 The 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference University of Lancaster, UK

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 21

Conference location: Lancaster, UK

Conference date: 3 - 7 September 2007

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: British HCI Group Annual Conference

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing