How will students and faculty deal with students who are distracting other students by playing games, surfing the net, chatting, or checking e-mail?
A. Feedback we have received from faculty and students at other laptop universities indicate the sounds and clicking associated with laptop use is generally not disruptive or problematic in most cases. Faculty members retain full authority over the classroom environment and can adjust laptop computer use to address this issue if necessary. To help faculty with these new classroom management needs, techniques for the handling of such issues will be incorporated into the faculty laptop professional development program. Faculty will be asked to include information on their course syllabi about how and if laptops may be used during class time.
