1. Status of Ubiquitous Computing [Lessons Learned So Far] David G. Brown Professor/VP/Dean/Former Provost Wake Forest University Karen R. Petitto Instructional Technology Specialist West Virginia Wesleyan College

2. Ubiquitous Computing Defined “…all teaching proceeds on the assumption that all students and faculty have appropriate access to the internet.” David G. Brown (editor), Ubiquitous Computing, Anker Publishing Company, Bolton, MA, 2003. http://www.ankerpub.com/books/brown_uc.html http://www.ankerpub.com/books/brown_uc.html

3. Over 100 notebook colleges and universities http://itc.vcsu.edu/asp/notebook_univ_listing.asp Sixty-one Lessons Learned Cited by 12 Pioneers Acadia (Canada) Clayton Dartmouth Drew Drexel HEC (Canada) Hong Kong Minnesota-Crookston RPI (Rensselaer) Seton Hall Strathclyde (Scotland) Wake Forest

4. Hierarchy of Ubiquity All “Own” Identical Laptops + 2-Year Refresh All “Own” Identical Laptops All “Own” Threshold Laptops All “Own” Identical Desktop Computers All “Own” Threshold Computers All “Own” Network Computers All Have Access to Threshold Computers All Have Access to Public Computer Labs Teach with Explicit Assumption of Access

5. Progress Toward Realizing the Full Learning Potential of Ubiquitous Computing Increments of Equipment

6. Learning Potential of Ubiquitous Computing Increments of Equipment

7. THE WAKE FOREST PLAN IBM A30, Pentium III, 1.13GHz Processor, 30GB Hard Drive, 384 MB RAM 15”ActMatrix Screen, CD-RW/DVD, Floppy, 56k modem, 16MB Video Ram, 10/100 Ethernet, USB & Serial & Parellel & Infrared Ports IBM Laptops for all Printers for all New Every 2 Years Own @ Graduation 31.000 Connections Standard Software 99% E-Mail Start 1995, 4 Year Phase In +15% Tuition for 37 Items +40 Faculty and 30 Staff Standard Load Includes— MS Office, Dreamweaver, SPSS, Maple, Acrobat, Photoshop, Shockwave, Flash, Net Meeting, Real Producer & Player, Media Player, Windows XP Moviemaker, Apple QuickTime, Netscape & Explorer, Netscape Calendar & Communicator, Windows XP Professional

8. Communication - Interaction

9. Computers allow people---- to belong to more communities to be more actively engaged in each community with more people over more miles for more months and years TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE

10. Research Results http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n49.html http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n49.html 18,844 students at 71 American Universities--- students at more wired schools actually reported more student-faculty contact, cooperation among students, and active learning. The Big Three Student Uses –Email with professors and classmates –Internet for class-related materials –Word processing

11. WVWC Model IBM ThinkPad – entire campus has same model 3 year lease Laptop + Network + Rich Electronic Library Resources = Information Technology Program Network Printers Available Very “Windows” oriented program Use of WebCT (not widespread) IBM Certified Repair Center 9 Support Staff/Faculty

12. How have programs changed since their inception?

13. The Big Three Administrative Decisions What vendor? What institutional model? Funding?

14. Vendor Considerations Institutional Customization Order and Delivery Length of contract (lease, buy, lease to buy, etc…) Durability of the “Box” Maintenance Teaching and Learning support

15. Model Considerations Response to Student Use and Expectations –Status Quo –Changing skill level –Changing work habits When, Where and How? Dynamic nature of Educational TechnologyEducational Technology Faculty “buy-in” Maintenance and Upkeep Institutional Commitment to the Program

16. Program Funding Sustaining Start-up Grants Endowment Losses Tuition and Fees Structures Overall cost projected to decrease –Computers, Networks, Hardware, Software

17. How do programs differ in management and delivery? Where is the administrative base of the program? How is the Library involved? HelpDesk issues Contract services Maintenance

18. What’s Ahead for Ubiquitous Campuses? Personal. Customized. Interactive. Student-Centered Curriculum Teams of Professionals Supporting Learning “Houses” instead of Disciplines Hybrid Courses (80-20 and 20-80) Loose-leaf Collections of Course Components, instead of Textbooks Electronic Portfolios for Students Wireless (802.11a) Less Infatuation with Computing

19. Karen R. Petitto West Virginia Wesleyan College 59 College Avenue Buckhannon, WV 26451 petitto@wvwc.edu 304.473.8378 http://faculty.wvwc.edu/petitto petitto@wvwc.edu http://faculty.wvwc.edu/petitto

20. David G. Brown Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109 336-758-4878 email: brown@wfu.edu http//:www.wfu.edu/~brown fax: 336-758-5012brown@wfu.edu http//:www.wfu.edu/~brown

21. Many primary works have been digitally archived Online resources –Literature Online A fully searchable library of more than 330,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key criticism and reference resources. Oral interpretations of the works Back to Presentation Great Literary Works