Experiences with RFID-based interactive learning in museums

  • Authors:
  • Yo-Ping Huang;Yueh-Tsun Chang;Frode Eika Sandnes

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 10608.;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan 10451.;Faculty of Engineering, Oslo University College, PO Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Tourism plays an important role in the economies of many countries. Tourism can secure employment, foreign exchange earnings, investment and regional development. To attract more tourists and local visitors, many stakeholders such as natural parks, museums, art galleries, hotels and restaurants provide personalised services to meet individual needs. With the increasing number of tourists comes an increased demand for guides at education-oriented leisure centers. Each provided needs unique way to present their services. In this study, these educational leisure centres are coarsely divided into art and science. This paper introduces the architecture of the proposed guide system including a PDA-based recommendation guide for art museums and an Radiofrequency identification-based interactive learning system using collaborative filtering technology for science and engineering education. Evaluations of the two systems reveal that the system inspires and nurtures visitors' interest in science and arts.