using geolocation to help employees find classes at qualcomm
DESCRIPTION
Qualcomm is globally distributed, and employees often don't know when or if training is taking place near them. With physical locations in 35 countries, not to mention 36 separate buildings in San Diego, Qualcomm Incorporated has a highly distributed workforce. The Learning Center at Qualcomm offers nearly a thousand instructor-led classes each year throughout these locations, and employees (especially new employees) aren’t always aware of the class offerings in their building or country. B.J. Schone, a Qualcomm employee, set out on a mission to create a mobile app – a geolocation-based class finder – that would allow employees to see the classes offered near their location.TRANSCRIPT
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Targeted Learning:Using Geolocation to Help Employees Find Classes at Qualcomm B.J. Schone June 22, 2011
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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm has dozens of buildings around the world…
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ClassFinder looks at the user’s geolocation and then shows the nearest buildings with upcoming classes.
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HTML / PHP / JavaScript / SQL
User Location(Lat / Long)
List of Buildings(Lat / Long andBuilding IDs)
Puzzle Pieces
List of Classes(w/Building IDs)
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User Location(Lat / Long)
Puzzle Pieces – User Location
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index.php
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List of Buildings(Lat / Long andBuilding IDs)
Puzzle Pieces – List of Buildings
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MySQLdatabase
Building info from IT(XML doc)
ClassFinder web site
Class infoBuilding info
LMS
Nearest classes
User location
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Next Steps
Promote ClassFinder Test on more devices / tablets Use this technology on other sites, non-mobile? Brainstorm with co-workers and colleagues Track usage
Who used it? Where were they? Did they follow through?
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Questions?
