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This article explores the evolving role of students in shaping IT and networking solutions in higher education. It emphasizes the importance of understanding students as users, employees, strategists, and visionaries. Key topics include the devices and applications students prefer, their use of music and digital storage, and their employment in graduate and undergraduate roles. Furthermore, the piece discusses how students influence decision-making in educational technology and articulates a forward-thinking vision to enhance student lifestyles through technology.
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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