iBorrow
Learning Spaces and Technology:
the iBorrow project
Date: Thursday 25th March 2010
Time: 11.00am – 4.30pm
Location: Canterbury Christ Church University, Augustine House, Rhodaus Town, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2YA
To view the conference programme, please click here
Information
The conference will look at the lessons and insights gained from the iBorrow Project. This partly JISC-funded provides, within the new library and student services centre, 200 thin-client netbook devices available "as easily as picking a book from a shelf".
Desktop virtualisation deployed across a wireless network within the large-scale learning space now provides rich management data supporting an enhanced understanding on how students, academic and support staff are reacting to the way that the new resources have been configured.
Who should attend?
The conference will be of interest to anyone involved in planning new libraries, learning centres or learning spaces; senior managers, computing staff, library and information specialists. However, it will also be of interest to academics and other professionals working in learning, information and communications technologies, e.g. student services managers; educational developers; and learning technologists.
Why attend?
Tour Augustine House and talk to staff about the building and the iBorrow project
See a large-scale exemplar of the use of thin-client technology in student netbook provision
Hear about the research that is contributing to our understanding of how students use virtual and electronic resources within flexible learning spaces
Choose an in-depth workshop on a specific dimension of the project
Understand how location-awareness can provide temporal and spatial data to support intelligent building management and pedagogic research
About Augustine House
Augustine House is Canterbury Christ Church University’s new ‘state of the art’ library and student support centre that has been developed to meet the needs of the University’s diverse student body at the beginning of the 21st century. Click here to find out more about Augustine House.
Cost
There is no cost for delegates and attendees.
Hotels
If you are planning to stay overnight, you might like to contact the following hotels:
Maps
Download our A4 map of Canterbury as it will contain information about where to park and details of where the nearest train and bus stations are.