Developing and Implementing
a Pilot Laptop Program
Bill Moss
UCF-Dell Laptops in the Classroom Conference
February 2, 2000
College of Engineering and Science
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
Pedagogy First
• Bold experiments in the face of opposition to
change
• Toward a new curriculum
• Active learning model of instruction
• Studios not lecture halls
• Team building skills
• Enhancement of communication
Prerequisites
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Champion
Laptop committee
Program manager
Vendor service agreement
Network services
Helpdesk and repair center
Course management system
Faculty development
Assessment committee
Laptop Committee
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Program manager
Courses to be offered
Cohort size and composition
Network capacity and reliability
Smart Classrooms
Helpdesk and repair center
Time table for rollout
Laptop Committee [con’t]
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Course management system
Laptops for faculty
Scholarship laptops for needy students
Faculty development and summer support
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Processing of applications
Student technology assistants
Summer orientation
Program Manager
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Vendor interviews, testing evaluation units
Vendor service agreement
Licensing software
Preparation of software load
Processing student applications
Scheduling laptop classes
Student and parent orientation
Student how-to workshops
Program Manager [con’t]
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Manage student technology assistants
Train helpdesk workers
Manage program web site
Coordinate vendor, helpdesk, repair center,
network services, housing
Vendor Service Agreement
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Vendor delivery of evaluation units
School choice of laptop model
Delivery of software load to vendor
Vendor training of repair center staff
Faculty laptop orders
Laptop student orders
Vendor Service Agreement
• Warranty
• Order process for student purchases
• Spare laptops for the helpdesk and repair
center
• Scholarship laptops for needy students
• Actions to be taken if it is not possible to meet
delivery dates
Planning for Expansion
• Business model
• Renovation of classrooms, wired, wireless, or
hybrid
• Networking housing
• Faculty resistance and faculty development
References
• This Powerpoint presentation:
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss/develop.ppt
• The full paper:
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss/developC.htm