Cornell University Nomadic Computing in Education and Digital Libraries

Participants

  • Department of Computer Science: Cornell Digital Library Research Group
  • Department of Communication: Human-Computer Interaction Group Cornell University Library Cornell Information Technologies

The Nomad Team

Projects

Nomadic Computing in Education This project is evaluating student collaboration and team-based development in a nomadic computing environment.   Students in selected course are being issued with laptop computers with wireless modems.  The research plan is both to evaluate the direct impact of these new technologies, and to create a very rapid feedback cycle for incorporating changes and improvements into the courses. [Proposal]
The following courses have been designated as experiment nomadic courses:
  • COMM 440 Computer Mediated Communication: Theory and Practice (Spring 2000)
  • CS 502 Computing Methods for Digital Libraries (Spring 2000)

Each participating student will be issued with a laptop computer with wireless modem. [Technical support information]

 

Nomadic Digital Libraries The aim of this research is to extend digital library technology  beyond the desktop and server to the broad spectrum of nomadic computing devices.  The overall objective is to create a nomadic digital library that is responsive to an individual's current environment, including differing computing devices, communications capabilities, and information needs. [Proposal]

Consent

Consent As required by Cornell's University Committee on Human Subjects, students have been informed of the research and privacy implications of this project.

Equipment

Each participating student will be issued with a laptop computer with wireless modem.
[Full equipment list]

The Wireless Network

The Nomad Team is coordinating the installation of an Aironet wireless network across the Cornell campus.  The wireless network serves as a component of the Cornell campus network. [Map]

Additional Information

Technical Support Pages

Sponsors

This work is supported in part by generous gifts from Intel Corporation.