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Explore how students as users, employees, strategists, and visionaries inform IT and networking. Learn about student technology usage, innovations, and perspectives for a future-proof campus.
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Student Communication 2017: Meeting the IT and Networking Needs of Tomorrow’s Students EDUCAUSE Net@Edu February 11, 2008
Integrating the Student Perspective • Students as users • Students as employees • Students as strategists • Students as visionaries
Students as users • What devices do they use? • What applications? • Where do they get their music? • Where do they store their digital stuff? • What email system do they use most? • What are they inventing? • What do they refuse to use?
Students as employees • Graduate assistantships • Undergraduate wage employees • 4HELP and GetConnected • Large computer installations
Students as Strategists • Ad hoc • Classroom assignments and feedback • Planning and decision-making
Students as Visionaries • An attempt to articulate a vision for technologies enhancing the student lifestyle in 2011 • An assignment for Computer Science Multimedia course, Fall 2006
Brenda van Gelder Director, eCorridors Program bvgelder@vt.edu 540 231-1853 Contact Info