Presentation to the Wits University eLearning day asking what it means to us when all our students have computers. We are about to embark on a large student ownership project for the university.

1.
What happens when
everyone owns a computer
Thinking about eLearning in the
era of ubiquitous computing
Prof Derek W. Keats
Deputy Vice Chancellor
(Knowledge & Information Management)
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
http://kim.wits.ac.za
derek.keats@wits.ac.za

2.
In the
ancient
world of
the 20th
Century
Computers
were big!
People
went to
computers
People used computers
for really dumb tasks
such as...
Browsing
the
web
Word
processing
Reading
email

3.
21st
Century

5.
Student ownership
What does it
mean for the
design of our
classrooms?
How might it
change the
dynamics of
teaching?
How might it
change the
dynamics how
we interact?

6.
What demands will students with
computing devices of their own
make on academics?

7.
Three phases of ICT at Wits
The
Mainframe
era
The post
Mainframe
era
The
Connected
University
era
The chaos
of everything
A monoculture
in a diversifying
world
The challenge
of diversity
The terminal The Windows XP PC Devices
Contained Confined network Open network
Controlled Managed Dispersed
What are
the key
challenges
that you
will face
in this new
era?

8.
Building blocks of
ubiquitous computing
at Wits

9.
<
Building blocks of
ubiquitous computing
at Wits

10.
Innovation

11.
Attribution file: http://www.dkeats.com/usrfiles/users/
1563080430/attribution/attrib.txt