Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. By Morgan Smith Morgan Smith Education reporter focused on campus life at colleges and universities in the Washington area Email Bio Follow March 15 at 5:51 PM Students planning to catch up on “Game of Thrones” during class at Purdue University will have to find new ways to entertain themselves.
Students will have restricted access to streaming services over WiFi in lecture halls, classrooms and labs from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. Residence halls and other social spaces on campus will not be affected. Students will still be able to access streaming sites anywhere on campus using cellular data.
Administrators have received positive feedback from faculty, too. Professors have the option to temporarily lift the ban in their classroom if students need to use streaming services for a classroom activity. During the pilot program, Sonstein said, “The only complaint we had was, ‘Why isn’t it in my classroom yet?’ ”
Blanchard expected more dissent from students regarding a ban when her classes participated in the pilot program last semester, she said, but she hasn’t noticed a drop in class attendance or heard negative feedback from students. Cheever said professors are sometimes frustrated with “policing” students’ technology use, but many professors and students have applauded the ban. “Students will tell me that they’re having a more pleasurable experience in class; professors notice they’re more focused and engaged,” she said.“People aren’t subtle about watching TV or playing video games.
For $60,000 a year, I think it’s a terrific idea. Students can still access everything in their dorms, and if they’re really nuts about things they can find workarounds. But you only get four years to learn what you can learn in college, so I applaud this.
Huh?
When I was there we were programming computers using punch cards ... really amazing what has happened last 40 years
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A strange thing to do...
I get it.
Good, it will stop the obamas from tainting their young minds...
slick_rick_35 just FYI
I use pandora and YouTube in my classes . I also know it is typical to assign movies via these platforms. Good luck Purdue.
So, they actually want them to learn in the academic building? Shocking.
Why not make the classes more interesting than Netflix? Professors' lectures are the cure for insomnia.
Some people posting to this are stupid. They cant stop students from streaming with their own wifi. I use my phone a lot to stream stuff...rolls eyes
Not unusual. Commonplace. You can't use THEIR WiFi for movie streaming but you can use YOUR own.
So now what are they supposed to chill to?
Next story is that sleeping in class has begun to rise.
And watch their enrollment numbers soon dissipate.
How in the World are they going to watch Trailer Park Boys Academia at it's finest!!
Back in my day the BC Jesuits banned these streaming things call TV & Radio & we had to go to class & they took attendance & you had to pay attention. Tyrants!
Guess folks will be choosing a different expensive but mediocre school.
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I'm pretty sure they're smart enough to get around that... Then again, these are college students we're talking about. They have all the knowledge in the world, except for when it comes to anything practical.
This applies to academic buildings, not dorms, for folks who were about to get their torches and pitchforks out.
how are they going to enforce this ban?
And then the town elders banned dancing.. footloose
Finally
Uninteresting
They should probably just go after the crypto miners.
What the fuck?
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