阿鲁巴Networks Mobility-Defined Network Solution delivers secure, high performance wireless with Wi-Fi and ClearPass to advance the Ascham School’s highly regarded learning, teaching and collaboration approach.

Since its foundation in 1886, Ascham School has stood out as visionary, and today is one of Australia’s most progressive schools, located in Edgecliff, New South Wales. The nonselective, day and boarding school for girls caters to more than 1,100 students, ranging from Prep to Year 12. Ascham employs 220 teachers and admin staff.

At the heart of Ascham’s learning and teaching methods is The Dalton Plan, a unique academic approach which allows students, in close cooperation with their teachers, to take responsibility and ownership of their own learning to prepare them for the world beyond school. Implemented to encourage students to develop a keen interest in their studies, technology plays an integral role and is incorporated into learning and teaching activities within the school.

In many ways the teaching and learning approach at Ascham School lends itself perfectly to the Aruba Networks technology, because it is about personalised learning and content. With Aruba Networks now in place, we have regained trust in how technology can deliver on the promise of enhancing the learning process, improving collaboration and most importantly, delivering on our promise to be among the best schools globally: an exceptionally inspiring place of learning where the pulse of the Progressive Education movement beats strong.
詹妮弗·沙曼（Jennifer Sharman），Ascham的总监

詹妮弗·夏曼（Jennifer Sharman）在阿舍姆（Ascham）的主任詹妮弗·沙曼（Jennifer Sharman）解释说：“道尔顿计划全都与独立学习有关。在许多方面，ASCHAM的教学方法将自己完美地适合技术，因为它与个性化的学习和内容有关。”

129岁的学校确认的必要性secure mobility solution to allow students access to information anywhere and at any time and to assist with the implementation of its strategic technology plan and vision. With its existing legacy Wi-Fi system failing to meet the needs and requirements of the school, some trust had been lost in how technology could support teaching and learning.

Ascham also recognised the rapidly emerging shift in the wider community towards using personal computing and mobile devices for teaching and learning, and set out to enable a new “Personal Device Program” from Year 5 to Year 12. The program offers students flexible access to technology-rich content to facilitate and support academic achievement and encourages students to personalise their use of technology. The strategy was embraced by parents and students who have the opportunity to bring their personal device into the School’s teaching and learning environment.

在Ascham上，还有两种额外的动力推动战略技术计划。首先，Ascham希望确保精通技术和移动驱动的学生获得高等教育和劳动力的能力。

其次，学校希望通过为他们提供稳定的解决方案来支持他们的专业和教学计划，以改变其教师和员工之间对技术的看法。

眼见为实;实施到处可用的Wi-Fi系统

作为学校尽职调查的一部分，Ascham与其电信和技术服务合作伙伴Accucom一起进行了广泛的研究，分析了各种无线网络提供商。Accucom使用热图描绘了整个学校的无线覆盖范围，并通过专家行业信息和知识指导IT团队。在访问了许多学校和大学以深入了解最佳实践之后，Ascham在2014年初驾驶了Aruba Networks解决方案。

With the implementation of its Personal Device Program, a key requirement was the ability to onboard a variety of devices quickly, easily and securely.

“We were incredibly impressed with the immediate outcomes from that pilot,” said Sharman. “One of our biggest challenges we had with our legacy system was onboarding devices. It had always been a manual, costly and laborious procedure and theAruba网络ClearPass解决方案凭借其安全的用户标识和自动化功能即时修复了此问题。”

在2014年7月选择Aruba网络之后，Ascham School在短短两周内实施了Aruba的移动网络解决方案，安装了130接入点throughout the School, its boarding houses and residences. Every learning and recreation space was equipped with an Access Point, to ensure Wi-Fi access was available to students in every corner of the school, including, the theatre, boarding houses, halls, library, as well as staff and meeting rooms.

与阿鲁巴合作增强学生学习方式

智能的移动解决方案，全校Wi-Fi基础架构监视学生和教师及其动作的网络使用，确保设备始终连接到最有效的访问点，从而进行独立，移动和参与的学习。

作为Ascham个人设备程序的一部分，借助连接到Aruba的Wi-Fi解决方案的各种设备，鼓励女孩将自己选择的设备带入学习环境。在整个学校中，还使用了智能板，以及已安装智能软件以支持教学计划的LED面板。支持这些各种设备的无线基础架构使Ascham学生可以以各种方式学习和工作；分组独立并与教师合作。

枢纽，学校的Intranet及其学习管理平台画布，通过连续的在线访问创新的数字教学法吸引学生学习，并富裕地技术来促进和支持学术成就。此外，学生可以访问个性化的学术内容，从而改善学习，组织和沟通。

Sharman认为：“随着Aruba Network的到位，我们已经重新获得了对技术如何实现增强学习过程，访问信息并改善协作机会的承诺的信任。

Sharman说：“个人设备程序的成功取决于无线网络，该网络可以为我们的学生和老师，学校和阿鲁巴网络提供强大而稳定的Wi-Fi，” Sharman说。

Following the implementation of Aruba’s Mobility-Defined Solution, staff are now more confident about using technology in the classroom, as they have a Wi-Fi system they can trust. For the IT team, the solution has increased efficiency and collaboration with hugely reduced technical support requests from staff and students.

“Making the decision to deploy Aruba Networks had a big flow effect for us as an IT team, because it wasn’t just the personal devices that had to be connected to the Wi-Fi system, we also had school-owned iPads and laptops. In classrooms we have trolleys of 25 iPads, and previously issues with wireless connectivity had a significant impact on the teacher and students.

自实施Aruba网络以来，我们没有遇到iPad的任何连接问题。过渡非常非凡。我估计，在实施Aruba之前，大约40％的服务台门票与无线有关，学生和老师会定期下车。” Sharman说。

“现在，我们可以在10分钟内参加24个女孩的班级。客人的访问对我们来说同样重要，就像我们经常有学校董事会，父母，主持人和救济老师在内的访客一样。现在，我们可以将其设备无缝地登机到无线网络，这证明了Aruba Clearpass系统。在阿鲁巴之前，这总是一场大斗争。”沙尔曼继续说道。

Continuing to Collaborate

目前正在开发一个新的科学和社区中心和更新的寄宿设施，因此Aruba的可扩展解决方案将随着学校的发展而增长。Sharman说：“新设施上网时，我们将安装Aruba。

“What Aruba has allowed us to do, is not think about the wireless network anymore. That’s really what good technology should do. A mobility defined solution should be reliable, scalable and flexible and that is exactly what Aruba Networks provides us with. Most importantly, Aruba helps us deliver our promise to be among the best schools globally: an exceptionally inspiring place of learning where the pulse of the Progressive Education movement beats strong” concluded Sharman.