Very well done! :) On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Hanset, Philippe C <phan...@utk.edu> wrote:
> I have been thinking about continuing the debate, > but it is April 2nd in Australia... > > I did write "check the date" at the end of my email, though! > > Sorry all, I had more fun reading the responses than writing my silly > April's fool. > > Have a great W-E, > > Philippe > > On Apr 1, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Jeffrey Sessler wrote: > > > That's just not right. These people are adults, and as such, should be > able to decide on their own if they are going to attend class. The college > is not their parents, and it's not a daycare. This is a behavior issue with > needs addressing, and disabling the technology is not the answer. What's > next, disable WiFi if that don't take out the trash from their dorm room, or > decide not to shower, or protest some decision the campus made, etc? Will > you disable WiFi except in the stadium during a game, so as to force > students to attend? > > > > Something wicked this way comes, and it's at UTK. > > > > I'm curious, does your honor code, guide to student life, etc. state that > attending class is mandatory? If not, how are you able to levy sanctions > against a student for not attending (disable WiFi)? > > > > I can see it now... Student doesn't show up for class. Said student is in > trouble, but can't the necessary help (send email, make a skype call, etc.) > because none of his/her devices can connect to the network. Student becomes > seriously ill, or dies, etc. because of this new policy, and the college > faces a huge lawsuit. > > > > Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting technological solution, but it's > still wrong in my book. If a student is not attending class, your dean of > students needs to bring the student in for a discussion. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > >>>> "Hanset, Philippe C" <phan...@utk.edu> 4/1/2011 9:22 AM >>> > > All, > > > > University of Tennessee has had some class attendance issues lately, > > especially with Sophomores. > > We came up with a location based wireless solution that could fix this > issue. > > We have built a database of rooms surrounding Access-Points that we > correlate > > with a class roster. Basically if a student is supposed to be in room x > at time y, > > our filtering only allows the student access to a set of access points > surrounding that room during that time. > > No wireless elsewhere. > > Dormitories are included in the algorithm. > > > > If you are doing something similar, we would like to know some of the > caveats. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Philippe Hanset > > University of TN > > (Constituent Group Leader of Wireless-LAN@educause) > > > > (what's the date?) > > ********** > > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > > ********** > > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
