[720] in resnet
Re: Declining Lab Usage Due to ResNet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marisa Johnson)
Wed Jan 30 11:26:45 2002
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:18:21 -0500
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From: Marisa Johnson <marisa@emory.edu>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
All:
This is the sort of thing we're looking at here at Emory as well. Our
residential lab use has remained about 75% of what it probably was,
mostly due to free laser printing. We're planning on keeping the free
printing, but we're also looking at creating more social, collaborative
computing spaces with emphasis group work, presentation practices, etc.
- Maybe we increase the number of printers while reducing the number of
desktop workstations dramatically. We're also looking at new furniture
that makes laptop use more comfortable (a large majority of our student
residential population are laptop owners)
One of our concerns is that our hall labs are open 7/24 with secure card
access, unstaffed by students or ITD staff. This means we're reluctant
to put in scanners or other equipment that are a bit more "delicate" to
support and maintain.
We hope to start this work in the fall semester, so I'm also interested
in any other experiences.
Marisa Johnson/Emory University
"Matthew K. Arthur" wrote:
>
> Matt,
>
> Back in the 50% of students with computer days, students were using our
> clusters at a rate of 94% of the students at least once/week. Now, with 94%
> of our students with computers AND network connections - we are still seeing
> >70% using the cluster at least once/week. About four years ago, we went
> specifically to quality vs quantity - per the students input. Now are
> clusters have 8 machines when they used to have 12. We are also trying to
> carve collaborative workspaces out of the clusters by adding white boards,
> scanners and workspace. Usually this is done by taking the back 1/2 of the
> cluster. Not sure how this is working out though. We are watching it
> though. In our case, we believe that students will continue to support the
> clusters for the reasons you mentioned, plus some very basic sociological
> ones. The need to get out of their room and see other faces. Our clusters
> have been social spaces as well as technology spaces, per our intent from
> day one.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Matt
>
> Matthew K. Arthur
> Associate Director
> NTS - Residential Technology Services
> Washington University in St. Louis
> W: 314-935-6845, F: 314-935-8308
> arthur@wustl.edu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Dornfeld" <dornfm94@MIO.UWOSH.EDU>
> To: <RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:17 AM
> Subject: Declining Lab Usage Due to ResNet
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > A trend that we've been noticing over the past few years is an increasing
> number of people on ResNet, which is leading to lower numbers in our
> Residence Hall Labs (one lab per hall).
> >
> > From what we've noticed, students come to our labs for only a few
> purposes:
> > - Printing (which has skyrocketed due to professors using powerpoint
> slides, etc).
> > - To use the occasional program that they may not have on their own
> computer.
> >
> > So I have a couple questions for all of you...
> >
> > Are you also noticing lab usage declining?
> >
> > What has been your reaction to this situation? (Have you scaled back, or
> tried to make the labs more attractive to students).
> >
> >
> > Currently we staff the labs for partial time, and we try to offer the
> latest cpu hardware and
> > software.
> >
> > Thanks all. Have a good day.
> >
> > Matt Dornfeld
> > MIO - LAN Manager
> > dornfm94@mio.uwosh.edu
> > Work: (920) 424-0458
> >
> > "Don't criticize me because I don't know. Criticize me the day I don't
> want to know"
> >
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