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Sarasani [soylentnews.org] writes:

Oklahoma's Oral Roberts University opened in 1965 with a fitness course requirement for its newest incoming freshman and transfer students. Students first had to manually log their fitness regimens in required course notebooks. The university has now taken the concept a step further: students in the fitness course are required to purchase and use a Fitbit with heart rate-tracking capabilities (although they are not required to use a model that tracks or syncs GPS data).

ORU President William M. Wilson said: “ORU offers one of the most unique educational approaches in the world by focusing on the Whole Person – mind, body and spirit. The marriage of new technology with our physical fitness requirements is something that sets ORU apart. In fact, when we began this innovative program in the fall of 2015, we were the first university in the world to offer this unique approach to a fitness program.”

Sources:
1] http://www.oru.edu/news/oru_news/20160104_fitbit_tracking.php [oru.edu]
2] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/evangelical-university-requires-fitbit-ownership-data-syncing-for-freshmen/ [arstechnica.com]

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