January 26, 2001

Colleges Differ on Costs and Benefits of 'Ubiquitous' Computing

By FLORENCE OLSEN

At Wake Forest University, where students have been required to own laptops since 1997, administrators say the computers have fostered better communication and collaboration, which in turn have enhanced teaching and learning.

But some other colleges that started similar programs say they are having difficulty measuring the value that a laptop requirement has added to teaching and learning. David DeMuth, a professor of mathematics and physics whose students use

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