Research Article From Mobile to Wearable System: A Wearable RFID System to Enhance Teaching and Learning Conditions Souad Larabi Marie-Sainte, 1 Muna S. Alrazgan, 1 Fatiha Bousbahi, 1 Sanaa Ghouzali, 1 and Wadood Abdul 2 1 Information Technology Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11543, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Computer Engineering, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11543, Saudi Arabia Correspondence should be addressed to Sanaa Ghouzali; sghouzali@ksu.edu.sa Received 26 February 2016; Accepted 7 April 2016 Academic Editor: Miltiadis D. Lytras Copyright © 2016 Souad Larabi Marie-Sainte et al. Tis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Over the last decade, wearable technology has seen signifcant developments, making it possible to enhance our lives. One of the areas in which wearable technology can cause large changes is education, where it can be used to make educational experiences intrinsically motivating and more relevant to youth culture. In this paper, we focus on the use of wearable technology to improve the educational environment. Te quantity of electronic assets used in the learning environment is rising, which presents a managerial problem when these devices are nonfunctioning. Terefore, we present a mobile application to solve this problem. Te suggested approach consists of creating a mobile application named classroom clinic (CRC) to help faculty members and students locate the closest maintenance technician via wearable radio frequency identifcation (RFID) technology and to provide fast responses to the problems alerted to in the classroom, thereby avoiding any disturbances or delays during the lecture. Moreover, this application allows the maintenance service to efciently manage any malfunctions of classroom electronic devices. To evaluate the CRC application, a pilot study was conducted at the College of Computer and Information Sciences, female campus of King Saud University, with 15 faculty members and students and 5 clinic members. Te results showed high usability rates and generally positive attitudes towards using the app. 1. Introduction Te world is becoming more educated and technology is driving the change to make our lives easier, safer, healthier, and more convenient. One of the areas in which technology is having an incredible impact is wearable technology. Wear- able technology refers to mobile and lightweight advanced electronic devices that are incorporated into clothing and accessories. Tese wearable devices are designed to provide means for gathering quantitative information regarding the wearer’s everyday activities and surroundings. Over the last decade, technologies such as augmented reality and ubiqui- tous computing have enabled large advances in the feld of wearable technology. A growing collection of wearable devices is appearing in the marketplace. For example, the Sony SmartWatch has become commonplace, allowing users to organize notifca- tions, check their email, and perform other productive tasks using a basic interface. Jawbone UP is a wristband device that allows users to monitor their physical activity, including the number of steps taken and the number of calories burned. Google Glass is one of the latest technologies; it enables users to see information regarding their surroundings. An example of successful testing of wearable technology in the GCC is the use of Google Glass to track trafc violations in Dubai [1]. Moreover, the Dubai Police Department is planning to use Google Glass to detect criminals using facial recognition sofware installed on Google Glass [2]. However wearable Hindawi Publishing Corporation Mobile Information Systems Volume 2016, Article ID 8364909, 10 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8364909