Time Series Analysis for Device Usage in Electronic Classrooms

• Activity Number: 342
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
• Sponsor: Business and Economic Statistics Section
• Author(s): Yong Xu*+ and Joshua Williams
• Companies: Radford University and Radford University
• Keywords: Time Series ; Resource Management ; Device Usage ; Statistical Model ; Electronic Classroom ; ARIMA

Abstract

With technology and multimedia devices becoming ever more present in classroom environments from Elementary Schools to Universities, understanding which devices and how often they are used is needed. The object of this current study is to develop a statistical model that tracks which and how often devices will be used in a classroom environment. We are using data collected from sixty-eight multimedia classrooms at Radford University from Crestron RoomView to develop time series models. Having the statistical models of classroom technology/multimedia will aid IT professionals, administrators, and teachers by allowing for more efficient classroom design and device selection.