RFID Learning and Discovery embedded in our surroundings
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RFID Learning and Discovery embedded in our surroundings
Welcome
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Your presenter: Daniel Dacey
Programme
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Overview of RFID
Example of RFID applied in education
Future applications for RFID in education
Q&A Session
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In the beginning we had bar codes...
• Passive visual tags• "symbologies" are used
to encode small strings of character data like morse code (spaces and lines)
• ‘Dumb’ tags that need a line of site to read them
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Then came 2D barcodes
• QR CodesQR Codes Large world movement, very popular in Japan
• Two dimensional, more data storage than 1D bar codes
• Still passive and visual
• Also requires a line of site to reader
What is RFID?
• Radio Frequency Identification
• System for uniquely identifying items and triggering a response
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What is RFID?
• Usually made up ofRFID ReaderRFID TagsComputer
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Advantages of RFID• Doesn’t require line of site
• Can work at long ranges
• Can store data
• RFID tags come in many sizes and shapes to suit different applications
• Durable
• Proven technology
• Cost effective
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What is an RFID Tag?
• Each tag is a tiny radio device
• Each tag has a Unique ID
• Tags can store data
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Chip
Antenna
What is an RFID Tag?
• Passive and Active Tags
• Different FrequenciesLow Frequency (LF)High Frequency (HF)Ultra High Frequency (UHF)Microwave
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Chip
Antenna
What is an RFID Tag?
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Who uses RFID?• Transport & logistics• Security & access control• Supply chain management• Asset management• Medical & pharmaceutical applications• Manufacturing & processing• Agriculture• Arts• And now education
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Who uses RFID in education?
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• Used in training workshops so learners can easily access short segments of audio visual information by swiping a card over the RFID reader
• Embedded in places of employment as a just in time training tool
• Trials in the Hobart Botanical Gardens
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Who uses RFID in education?
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• Learning Technology Mentors Program
• Ten teaching sections engaged in trialling RFID
http://ltmentors.riverinainstitute.wikispaces.net/Workshop+20th+&+21st+August+2008
Who uses RFID in education?
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• Adrian Laws - Construction
http://ltmentors.riverinainstitute.wikispaces.net/Adrian+Laws
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Who uses RFID in education?
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• Jim Plumber TAFE SA
•http://cafechat.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/rfid-learning-table/
•http://cafechat.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/learning-table-in-the-classroom/
Who uses RFID in education?
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• Simon Brown TAFE Queensland
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stonemasonry/2448880714/
Greater Gardens
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Skills Strategies InternationalWestern Australia
Example of RFID in a Learning environnent
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“ Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler…
•Albert Einstein
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“A future where learning and discovery is embedded in our surroundings and in objects we are familiar with”
•Marcus Ragus
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rfid Learning Table System
• RFID Reader
• Learning Table Player
• Learning Table Editor
• RFID Tags
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rfid Learning Table Editor
• Allows simple allocation of media to tags
• Media can be:
• VideoImagesImages with AudioAudioPowerpoint
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rfid Learning Table Player
• Reads tags and plays back multimedia in any combination required, as many times as the user wants.
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Demonstration
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How is rfid Learning Table being used?
• Inclusive Learning
• Literacy issues
• Visual Learners
• Just in time learning
• Self Directed learning
• Workplace training
• Art displays
• Marketing and promotion
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Road Ahead
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• rfid Learning Table Sync software with player
Road Ahead
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• Tablet specific version of rfid Learning Table
• Slimline RFID enclosure
Road Ahead
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• OH&S Induction software that uses RFID to control power tools and equipment
Thank you
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Further Information:
Skype: Daniel Dacey
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Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0431444580
Fax: 02 8569 1301
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