SPEAKERS
A journey down the application virtualisation path in student PC labs at QUT
Alison Davis and Gordon Howell
‘Twas the month before Christmas and all through the place
the buildings were falling at such a great pace!
Soon students were coming, the labs were too few,
the clock was a-ticking, so what could we do?
Consultant was chosen with help from the Dell
the apps were a-piling; the task looked like hell!
The staff were soon leaving, to rest for a while.
They needed some training of practical style
When up from the south he arrived with a clatter
and ThinApp was chosen to deal with the matter.
He trained and he helped- time flew like a flash!
The apps were soon virtual with hardly a mash
He ran to the plane, and to us gave a whistle,
And away he then flew like the down on a thistle,
But we heard him exclaim, ‘ere he flew out of sight
“Happy launching to all, and to all a good byte!”
 | Alison Davis's Biography Alison has worked in 5 Universities since 1973, apart from a short break of 18 months. Alison has mostly been invoved in the desktop/client support/application support end of the business. Alison lives on a pleasant mountain north west of Brisbane. |
| Gordon Howell's Biography Dr Gordon Howell is the Manager Learning Environments Support at Queensland University of Technology. In this role he is responsible for the support and enhancement of the technology in the university's 300 lecture theatres, lecture rooms, tute rooms, and video conference facilities and the deployment and operation of QUT's 3500 (Approx) public access computers. Dr Howell is also Technology Advisor to Divine Word University (PNG), and has provided strategic advice on the introduction of PNG-ARNet. He has had in excess of 20 years experience within education and technology management; having worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland; Manager Client Support Services (IT) at Australian Catholic University where he was responsible for the management of the IT and technology support for Australian Catholic University’s 1000 staff and 10 000 students encompassing 6 campuses in 4 states with 200 learning spaces; and as Acting Director IT where he oversaw the introduction of the first end to end VoIP network in the Asia Pacific. Dr Howell’s particular area of interest is appropriate technology deployment supporting the learning paradigm of social constructivism. |
