Laptop Program Time Line

Bill Moss

March 10, 2003

http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss

1996

• Summer: CNS investigates Discussion Boards

• Sept: Begin Martin-Earle renovation planning

1997

• Feb: begin IT study – visit Wake Forest

• Mar: meeting with Provost Rogers

• Apr: ad-hoc committee recommends a faculty development center and a CoES laptop pilot

• Summer: innovation grant for Math Sci pilot laptop project.

1997

• Aug: CoES pilot proposal submitted

• Sept: two prototype smart classrooms constructed.

• Nov: finalize Martin-Earle renovation plan

• Dec: CoES pilot funded

1998

• Jan: vendor interviews• Mar: hired pilot program director, Laurie Sherrod• Apr: Dell CPi selected for fall 1998, sent out

applications to incoming engineering freshmen• May: purchased WebCT license• June: U Ga WebCT workshop, student orientation• July: student orientation

1998

• Aug: student workshops, Martin-Earle renovation completed, 15 smart classrooms online

• Sept: planned program assessment• Oct: communicon, President’s Symposium• Nov: communicon, CoES Advisory Board,

survey laptop student computing experience• Dec: analysis of assessment data.

1999

• Jan: ICCEL, Wake Forest talks, Pearce Center presentation, CAC newsletter article

• Feb: communicon• Mar: Dell CPT C selected for fall 1999• Apr: SUCCEED poster session, ASEE SE

regional conference talks, Madren Center• June: paper, First International WebCT

Conference, more smart classrooms constructed.

2000

• Feb: talks given at UCF-Dell Laptops in the Classroom Conference

• Mar: poster session, SUCCEED-Gateway Conference. Dell CPT S selected for fall 2002.

• May: best group paper at Furman Conference on Technology

• June: paper, Second International WebCT Conference, more smart classrooms constructed.

2001

• Feb: Dell C600 with wireless mini-pci card chosen for fall 2001, talks given at UCF-Dell Laptops in the Classroom Conference

• Apr: poster session, SUCCEED-Gateway Conference

• June: paper, Third International WebCT Conference, more smart classrooms and wireless smart classrooms constructed

2002

• Jan: CoES, BPA mandate approved

• Mar: talks at colleges of IT, Eng, Bus of the United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain

• Apr: DCIT chooses IBM R31 for fall 2002, poster session, SUCCEED-Gateway Conference, 57 laptops awarded to faculty

• Jun: DCIT laptop help/repair center opens, laptop faculty development program begins

2002

• June: more smart classrooms and wireless smart classrooms constructed

• July: paper, Fourth International WebCT Conference

• Aug: “Laptops in the Engineering and Science Classroom,” United Engineering Foundation Conference, Davos Switzerland, Maple and MATLAB networked license for student owned machines

2003

• Jan: AAH, AFLS join mandate, articles in Faculty Directions

• Feb: DCIT chooses IBM R40, T40 for fall 2003

• Mar: Microsoft student site license for windows and office