At Taylor University all of our classrooms have wireless. This fall we began encouraging faculty to take advantage of the fact that 95% of TU students have a laptop to turn their classroom into a "computer lab" on those days when they want to give a Blackboard exam, etc. Several have done this successfully with classes as large as 25-30 students. An accounting professor had her students bring in their laptops all semester long to work on in-class Excel problems. We have found that our wireless supports an entire classroom of laptops for these types of applications. For those few students who don't have a laptop (generally 2-3 in a class) the ETC has a handful of loaners.
Do we have faculty struggling with the issue of students multitasking with their laptops? Certainly, and it's an ongoing discussion. Professors establish various laptop guidelines to suit their teaching styles. We're working hard to help faculty view student laptops as an asset and not a threat. Think back to the electronic calculator in secondary math classes in the 80's.
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