A case study into the need for university computer laboratories

J. Atkinson
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Computer laboratories remain an integral tool for students at university however with the flight cost to provide and maintain these resources questions arise over the need for such facilities. This paper investigated the computer resources that students have access to outside their university environment at Charles Sturt University. Although the level of ownership is very high there remains a cohort of students who totally rely on the computer laboratories for their academic needs. Cost was identified as the main factor that inhibited these students from purchasing their own laptop or from having their own Internet access. The university is considering alternate arrangements to support these students by providing subsidies and access to computer software and the internet. However academic staff also need to be consulted in any decision to change the provision of computer laboratories at CSV. The research identified a perception by the academic staff that such computer laboratories are essential for the academic activities that they carry out at the university.
对大学计算机实验室需求的个案研究
计算机实验室仍然是大学学生不可或缺的工具,然而,由于提供和维护这些资源的飞行成本,对这些设施的需求产生了问题。本文调查了查尔斯特大学学生在校外使用的计算机资源。尽管拥有计算机实验室的水平很高,但仍有一群学生完全依赖计算机实验室来满足他们的学术需求。成本被认为是阻碍这些学生购买自己的笔记本电脑或拥有自己的互联网接入的主要因素。该大学正在考虑通过提供补贴、电脑软件和互联网来支持这些学生的其他安排。然而,在决定更改CSV的计算机实验室提供时,也需要咨询学术人员。研究确定了学术人员的一种看法,即这样的计算机实验室对他们在大学开展的学术活动至关重要。
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