student communication 2017:

Student Communication 2017:

Meeting the IT and Networking Needs of Tomorrow’s Students

EDUCAUSE Net@EduFebruary 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

Contact Info

Brenda van Gelder

Director, eCorridors Program

bvgelder@vt.edu

540 231-1853