Improving the Accessibility of Education: The Power of Digital Workspaces

Wednesday, November 01 | 2:00PM–2:50PM ET | Meeting Room 103C, 100 Level
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Industry and Campus-Led Session
Come join a discussion with UMass Lowell and University of Arkansas about how they restructured IT services, created, shared and sold a vision of helping students improve school/life balance. Discussion will include how they fundamentally changed delivery of computing resources and improved accessibility of education by delivering applications anytime, anywhere on any device.

Outcomes: Understand how digital workspaces are used to overcome barriers in order to improve learning * Learn not only the impact on students but also on faculty, freeing them up to do what they do best: creatively teach * Learn best practices to deal with the human element that can challenge your plans to change

Presenters

  • Steve Athanas

    Associate CIO, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Stephen Herzig

  • Preston Winn