The development of electronic conference system for multiple-campus universities

Abstract

One of the major issues of multiple-campus university is the distance between campuses which makes the collaboration between campuses inefficient. Each time the conference is occur, the most budget are spent on the transportation, time, and paperwork. In this study, we redesign the electronic conference system for multiple-campus universities. We chose our university (Silpakorn University) as a case study. Moreover, we also make a good use of tablet personal computers and laptops with touchscreen input (a.k.a. Ultrabooks) to enhance the conference experience. The new minimal and simple user interface design make a larger number of directors decided to use this system 275% than the previously developed system. They're also satisfy with the simplicity design (Average score 4.50) and enhance the conference efficiency of the director (Average score 4.43). The newly developed system also makes the conference to “paperless conference” and significantly reduces the transportation and paperwork cost on each conference by approximately USD 188.96 or USD 4724.05 per year.