A campus and off-campus computing strategy
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P. Brady, R. StartupAuthors Info & Claims
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Abstract
During the 1980s great stress has been laid on the rapid increase of workstations for student use and their ready accessibility. An experimental project funded by the “Computers in Teaching” initiative [6,7] of the UK Computer Board and University Grants Committee and conducted at the University of Wales, Swansea, U.K. advances understanding of a cost effective solution. The aims were to examine the managerial and operational problems of installing clusters of terminals in local and remote student residences and to determine the resulting advantages.
On the educational side the primary gains were greater, more economical and more widespread use of computers and a better working relationship between users and staff of the Computer Centre. Approximately two fifths of those in the residences had used the facilities regularly and, significantly, one fifth of these indicated that their pattern of work had altered to include more computing in the evening, late at night and at weekends. More course administrative tasks are now being performed electronically and extensive use is being made of electronic mail to seek advice both about computing and academic problems.
On the operational side key factors in running a successful remote service have been the ability to monitor the state of communications equipment, and to place news and service messages in X25 PADs. The success of the monitor has led to a more ambitious tool to archive the configuration of a PAD to disk, and restore it should the PAD subsequently fail. The archive/restore suite has an extra utility in the form of an archive editor enabling new PADs to be configured readily.
A further stage of project development is envisaged whereby a set of microcomputers will be installed to meet the increasing demands of computer literacy courses. In line with the policy of dispersed facilities these will comprise networked systems in the Computer Centre and stand-alone micros in the residences.
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JOHNSON, J.W. University of Iowa, chapter 9 in J.C.MCCREDIE (Ed.) Campus Computing Strategies, Digital Press, Bedford Mass., 1983.
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MCCREDIE, J.C. Introduction, chapter 1 in J.C.MCCREDIE (Ed.) Campus Computing Strategies, Digital Press, Bedford Mass.,1983.
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SLATER, J.B. An introduction to the University Grants Committee/Computer Board joint computers in teaching initiative. The CTISS File, 1 (July 1986) 4-5.
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