Proposed Server Architecture

• Use information systems technology to create a learner-centered environment called “The Learning Playground”.

• Strategy: Integrate (link) computer labs (virtual playgrounds), faculty/staff offices, student-housing and off-campus facilities.

Possible Academic Playground Server Architecture

Web

Server

HTTP

Login

Machine

mail

hub

News

Server

NNTP

IMAP

Student Housing PC/Mac: Mail Client, news client, web browser, telnet/ftp, talk/chat

Academic

Playground

Servers (SGIs/SUNs)

Lab/office PC/Mac/SGI/Sun: Mail Client, news client, web browser, telnet/ftp, talk/chat

Modem pools/terminal servers: Remote PPP & AsyncPC/Mac

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