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Wireless Integration: A New Kind of Computer Lab
8/25/2004
Design Specifications
The room design process for the Hybrid Lab spanned for several months. Several
consultations with Computing and Communication administrators, the campus architect,
and representatives of Academic Planning and Budget served to translate the
articulated needs into specific features. Many iterations of a basic design
followed, and the one chosen offered the most flexibility in meeting the purposes
of the space.
Computer tables around the walls of the room would be home to the standard desktop computers. Corner units were essential to this plan, creating "collaboration clusters" anchored by desktops in each corner. The center of the room was planned to have four tables, for various groupings that would accommodate laptop users. These could be moved around the room toward the corners for small groups or to the center for video conferences. Power and network connections were placed together on the floor for use by laptops, but also along the walls and in the ceiling for projection.
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Kathleen Schwarz (kathleen.schwarz@ ucr.edu) is a programmer analyst in the
Educational Technology Programs at the UC Riverside Graduate School of Education.
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