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Sensors to detect attendance of students in class.

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Can sensors detect a particular person? So that we can get automatic attendance while the students enter the class room .If it is possible it is helpful for all educational institutions to get attendance.

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    Sensors can detect a specific person if that person is uniquely tagged, perhaps with an RFID tag, for example.  However, a tagging system can be defeated if the tag is not carried consitently, if the tag is shielded from RF, or if someone else carries the tag in a purposeful attempt to game the system.  Biometric identification based on facial recognition is getting much better, but is still expensive and the ethical issues are huge and complex.  A low tech solution is to have students hand in signed work at the end of every class.  If the work is derived from topics discussed during the class, then spoofing is pretty difficult.

     

    I think the best approach to managing attendance is to make sure classes are engaging, relevant, and respectful of the needs of the learner.  If those aspects are addressed then worrying about attendance should be pretty much a non-issue.

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    RFID tags can be useful if they can be injected into human body to work like a unique identification mark,but system is too costly. Microsoft uses the same phenomenon to track their employees position , outcome will be foolproof to the system.

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