Rethinking Computer Labs: Transformation or Obsolescence?
Track 2
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.
Room 554 A/B
Presenters:
Malcolm Brown, Dartmouth College
Joan K. Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information
Julie K. Little, EDUCAUSE
Whither the computer lab in the age of laptop ownership and iPhones? This session will offer a collective rethinking of this learning space. The presenters will seed the discussion by presenting an overview of goals and features of new kinds of labs, followed by an open discussion of the new possibilities for the computer lab at a time when mobile connectivity and anywhere, anytime computing is increasingly the case.