Does it help to have the people who will use Tablet PCs to be involved in "what, why, and how" part of a deployment process? Merrimack College found that it does.
This week at ISECON Patricia Sendall, Department of Management at Merrimack, is delivering called, "Whattya Mean it's Not All About Me? Involving Undergraduate MIS Students in an Analysis of a Tablet PC Initiative." A preliminary paper is available online. Be sure to read Table 1 that summarizes the student's recommendations for improvement in regard to students, administration, faculty, and support. Here is what they suggest for students:

Student

• Provide mandatory training during freshman orientation on how to use computer, set up passwords and how to use the college’s network
• Provide mandatory training during freshman orientation on how to use computer, set up passwords and how to use the college’s network
• More storage on college’s network
• Teach students how to troubleshoot PCs
• The technology initiative should not only be launched for the business school, but campus-wide as well... science & engineering should be just as involved in this initiative, because learning within the sciences is visual and interactive, and the curriculum should reflect that

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