In a day when all students have a computer, we're still providing plenty of
labs. Students want them because, we know the college computers will work
when we need to write a paper. It's almost like they treat their PCs like
disposable burners or something :-)
Rand
Rand P. Hall
Director, Network
Labs aren't going away entirely, but the last time we renovated a lab space
we didn't put in any computers. We added tables with power modules in the
surface for kids to plug in their own laptops, and printers connected via a
PaperCut page where students can upload documents to print. The students
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Labs aren't going away entirely, but the last time we renovated a lab
space we didn't put in any computers. We added tables with power modules in
the surface for kids to plug in their own laptops, and printers connected
via a PaperCut page where students can
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On the same vein, Has anyone tried zero clients and VDI infrastructure
instead
On Aug 21, 2013, at 15:56 , Eric T. Barnett ebarn...@astate.edu
wrote:
I was wondering just how useful computer labs are now/will be in the next two
years or so. Getting rid of most or all of those labs would cut down on costs
considerably. I've heard of some colleges dumping computer labs
We're doing a fair amount of application virtualization so students can
access many of those licensed applications from their laptops (or other
mobile devices) without needing to come to a physical computer lab.
Joe Rogers
University of South Florida
On 08/21/2013 05:06 PM, Julian Y Koh
At Old Dominion University (my previous employer) we went to a combination
of a few central labs, a virtual computer lab, and a learning commons
area. The students really embraced the learning commons which included
configurable furniture with power outlets, group meeting rooms with
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