Le Yunivesithi isanda kukhupha iiFitbits eziSinyanzelo zokulandela umkhondo waManqanaba oMthambo waBafundi

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Ikholeji ayifane ibe lixesha elisempilweni ebomini bakhe nabani na. Kukho yonke laa pizza kunye nebhiya, i-microwaved ramen noodles, kunye nayo yonke into engenamda ye-cafeteria buffet. Akumangalisi ukuba abanye abafundi bafumane i-paranoid malunga ne-Freshman 15. Kodwa loo paranoia ifikelela kwinqanaba elitsha kwiYunivesithi yaseOral Roberts e-Oklahoma.

Isikolo sithathe isigqibo sokuba bonke abantu abatsha abafikayo baya kucelwa ukuba banxibe iiFitbits ukulandela umkhondo wenqanaba lomsebenzi wabo. Idatha yeFitbit iya kubekwa esweni ngabaphathi besikolo, kwaye impilo yomzimba yabafundi iya kulungiswa kumabanga abo. Kude kube kufike abantu abatsha, abafundi bangoku banokuthatha inxaxheba kule nkqubo, kwaye iiFitbits ngoku ziyafumaneka kwiivenkile zeencwadi zesikolo. (Ngaba uyayazi iNdlela eLungileyo yokuSebenzisa iFitness Tracker yakho?)

Ngelixa kuyothusa ukukhuthaza kwanokubakhuthaza abafundi ukuba babe sempilweni, kuvakala kuyothusa ukulandelela imisebenzi yaboIndlalas-style dystopian uthotho / imovie. Kodwa nangona itekhnoloji indala kakhulu, indlela ye-ORU kwimpilo yabafundi ayonto intsha kubo. Umgaqo wokusekwa kwesikolo kukufundisa "umntu opheleleyo." Kananjalo, abafundi babesele bevavanywa (kwaye bahlelwa) kuqeqesho lwabo lomzimba, nangona oko kwakukade kufezekisiwe kuvavanyo lokuzihlola.

"I-ORU ibonelela ngeyona ndlela yokufundisa ikhetheke kakhulu kwihlabathi ngokujolisa kuMntu wonke-ngengqondo, umzimba nomoya," utshilo umongameli weyunivesithi uWilliam M. Wilson kwingxelo. "Umtshato weteknoloji entsha kunye neemfuno zethu zokuqina komzimba yinto eyenza i-ORU ihluke." Ewe, ibeka isikolo ngokwahlukileyo, kulungile!

UWilson ubonise ukuba abafundi bangoku (ngokuzithandela) sele bethengile ngaphezulu kweFitbits ezingama-500 kwivenkile yesikolo, ebonisa ukuba bonwabile ngohlaziyo lwetekhnoloji. Kwakhona, kuyamangalisa ukubona abantu abatsha bethatha ulawulo lwempilo yabo...mhlawumbi kancinane kancinane xa iziko libalawula. (Fumana eyona Tracker yokuFityiswa kweSitayile sakho sokuSebenza.)

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