1. Developing and Implementing a Pilot Laptop Program Bill Moss UCF-Dell Laptops in the Classroom Conference February 2, 2000 College of Engineering and Science Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina

2. Pedagogy First Bold experiments in the face of opposition to change Toward a new curriculum Active learning model of instruction Studios not lecture halls Team building skills Enhancement of communication

3. Prerequisites Champion Laptop committee Program manager Vendor service agreement Network services Helpdesk and repair center Course management system Faculty development Assessment committee

4. Laptop Committee Program manager Courses to be offered Cohort size and composition Network capacity and reliability Smart Classrooms Helpdesk and repair center Time table for rollout

5. Laptop Committee [con’t] Course management system Laptops for faculty Scholarship laptops for needy students Faculty development and summer support Advertisement Processing of applications Student technology assistants Summer orientation

6. Program Manager Vendor interviews, testing evaluation units Vendor service agreement Licensing software Preparation of software load Processing student applications Scheduling laptop classes Student and parent orientation Student how-to workshops

7. Program Manager [con’t] Manage student technology assistants Train helpdesk workers Manage program web site Coordinate vendor, helpdesk, repair center, network services, housing

8. Vendor Service Agreement (schedule for) Vendor delivery of evaluation units School choice of laptop model Delivery of software load to vendor Vendor training of repair center staff Faculty laptop orders Laptop student orders

9. Vendor Service Agreement Warranty Order process for student purchases Spare laptops for the helpdesk and repair center Scholarship laptops for needy students Actions to be taken if it is not possible to meet delivery dates

10. Planning for Expansion Business model Renovation of classrooms, wired, wireless, or hybrid Networking housing Faculty resistance and faculty development

11. References This Powerpoint presentation: http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss/develop.ppt The full paper: http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss/developC.htm