Laptop,
Wireless, and Classroom Initiatives
Technology-Enhanced Classrooms
One reason that the
university chose to provide laptops to faculty was to facilitate the use of
instructional technology in the classroom. Clearly, this will require upgrades
to current instructional facilities. Most of these upgrades will be funded
through development activities. However, in order to meet the need generated
by the first wave of faculty laptop leases, the university has found funding
for the immediate upgrade to the baseline level of
about 16
classrooms and the provision of 20-25 mobile digital projectors. The classrooms and portable projectors are
being allocated to the schools/colleges on a full-time-equivalent faculty
basis, with ongoing discussions to determine classroom priorities. The
goal is to upgrade all classrooms to at least Level I in the next five years.
Current planning documents of general interest are:
