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Survey looks to gather insights, trends regarding BYOD and 1-to-1 Device Programs for Students in Higher Education, as well as the Growth of VDI and DaaS to Support Those Approaches.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/byod1to1 [3]
We’re working through a new multi-year Strategic Technology Planning process at The College of Westchester [4] and we’re thinking about BYOD versus 1-to-1 device programs for our students (as are many institutions, based on a read through published plans that other institutions have published on line).
One aspect of this planning effort that has raised difficult-to-answer questions has been the fact that we are a commuter-only school, and there is a strong desire to understand the differences in trending and approaches with student BYOD or 1-to-1 device programs on residential colleges and universities versus commuter campuses like ours. It has not been easy to find good sources of information differentiating BYOD and 1-to-1 trends and practices based on whether a school has primarily residential or commuter students, or a mix of both.
Another technological consideration we are weighing is the use of VDI (Virtual Desktop) or DaaS (Desktop-as-a-Service) as a means of enabling access to student computing resources on their devices. This is even harder to find good trending and best practices information about, since VDI is still a maturing technology and it would seem that not many schools have begun to leverage this technology in this way.
The dearth of information has led me create a survey and hope I could get a few dozens takers to provide some feedback! I will share survey results with anyone who completes the survey (and provides contact info.), so there is an incentive to complete the survey. Most of the questions are yes/no or multiple choice, so it is not a very lengthy.
If you presently have, or are considering, implementing a BYOD or I-to-1 Program in your College or University, we’d sure appreciate you’re taking a few minutes to share some insights! (And if you’re not the right person to provide that info., I hope you’ll be so kind as to pass this on to that person!).
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/byod1to1 [3]
Thanks in advance to everyone who chooses to help provide some input!
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About Kelly Walsh [9]
Kelly Walsh is Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester, in White Plains, NY, where he also teaches. In 2009, Walsh founded EmergingEdTech.com. As an education and instructional technology advocate, he frequently delivers presentations on a variety of related topics at schools and conferences across the U.S. Walsh is also an author, and online educator, regularly running Flipped Class Workshops [10] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [11]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [12] and have a listen!
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