Aruba 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.

自1886年基金会以来，Ascham学校一直以远见卓识，今天是澳大利亚最先进的学校之一，位于新南威尔士州的Edgecliff。非选择性，日间和寄宿女子学校迎合了1,100多名学生，从准备到12年级。Ascham雇用了220名教师和管理人员。

道尔顿计划是Ascham学习和教学方法的核心，这是一种独特的学术方法，它使学生与老师密切合作，承担自己的学习责任和拥有自己的学习，以为他们为学校以外的世界做好准备。实施以鼓励学生对他们的学习产生浓厚的兴趣，技术发挥了不可或缺的作用，并将其纳入学校内的学习和教学活动。

在许多方面，Ascham School的教学方法将自己完美地适合Aruba Networks技术，因为它与个性化的学习和内容有关。随着Aruba Networks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，改善协作和最重要的承诺的信任进步教育运动的脉搏击败了强大。
Jennifer Sharman,Director of IT at Ascham

Director of IT at Ascham, Jennifer Sharman, explains, “The Dalton Plan is all about independent learning. In many ways the teaching and learning approach at Ascham lends itself perfectly to technology, because it is about personalised learning and content.”

The 129-year-old school identified the need for a 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还认识到，更广泛的社区迅速发展向使用个人计算和移动设备进行教学的转变，并着手从5年级到12年级启用新的“个人设备计划”。该计划为学生提供了灵活的技术访问- 富裕内容以促进和支持学术成就，并鼓励学生个性化技术的使用。该策略受到有机会将其个人设备带入学校的教学环境的父母和学生的拥护。

There were two additional motivators driving the strategic technology plan at Ascham. Firstly, Ascham wanted to ensure the technology savvy and mobile driven students were empowered and prepared for tertiary studies and the workforce.

Secondly, the School wanted to change the perception of technology among its teachers and staff, by providing them with a stable solution that could support their professional and teaching initiatives.

Seeing Is Believing; Implementing a Wi-Fi System That’s Available Everywhere

As part of the School’s due diligence, Ascham conducted extensive research in conjunction with its telecommunications and technical services partner, Accucom, analysing various wireless network providers. Accucom used heat maps to depict wireless coverage throughout the school and guided the IT team with expert industry information and knowledge. After visiting a number of schools and universities to gain insight into best practice, Ascham piloted an Aruba Networks solution in early 2014.

通过实施其个人设备程序，关键要求是能够快速，轻松，安全地固定各种设备。

沙尔曼说：“我们对那个飞行员的直接结果给我们留下了深刻的印象。”“我们在旧系统中面临的最大挑战之一就是入职设备。它一直是手动，昂贵且费力的程序，Aruba Networks 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。”

After selecting Aruba Networks in July 2014, Ascham School implemented Aruba’s mobility network solution in just two weeks, installing 130Access Points在整个学校，其寄宿房和住宅。每个学习和娱乐空间都配备了一个访问点，以确保学校每个角落的学生都可以使用Wi-Fi访问权限，包括剧院，寄宿房，大厅，图书馆，员工和会议室。

Partnering with Aruba to Enhance the Way Students Learn

An intelligent mobility solution, the school-wide Wi-Fi infrastructure monitors the network usage by students and teachers as well as their movements, ensuring devices are connected at all times to the most efficient Access Point, allowing for independent, mobile and engaged learning.

With a range of devices connecting to Aruba’s Wi-Fi solution as part of Ascham’s Personal Device Program, girls are encouraged to bring the device of their choice into the learning environment. Throughout the school, Smart Boards are also used, as well as LED panels that have smart software installed to support teaching initiatives. The wireless infrastructure that supports these various devices allows Ascham students to learn and work in diverse ways; in groups, independently and in partnership with teachers.

The Hub, the School’s Intranet and its learning management platform Canvas, engage student learning through continuous online access to innovative digital pedagogy, rich in technology to facilitate and support academic achievement. In addition, students have access to personalised academic content, enabling improved learning, organisation and communication.

According to Sharman, “With Aruba Networks now in place, we have regained trust in how technology can deliver on the promise of enhancing the learning process, accessing information and improving collaboration opportunities.

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。

在实施Aruba的移动性解决方案之后，员工现在对在课堂上使用技术更有信心，因为他们拥有可以信任的Wi-Fi系统。对于IT团队而言，解决方案提高了效率和协作，并大大减少了员工和学生的技术支持请求。

“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.

Since implementing Aruba Networks, we haven’t experienced any connectivity issues with the iPads. The transition has been quite extraordinary. I would estimate that approximately 40 per cent of our help desk tickets prior to implementing Aruba were to do with wireless, with students and teachers regularly dropping off the network”, said Sharman.

“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。

继续合作

一个新的科学和社区中心和更新美国银行rding facilities are currently in development , so Aruba’s scalable solution will continue to grow with the School. According to Sharman, “When the new facilities come online we will be installing Aruba.

“阿鲁巴允许我们做的事情不再考虑无线网络。这确实是好技术应该做的。移动性定义的解决方案应具有可靠，可扩展性和灵活性，这正是Aruba网络为我们提供的。最重要的是，阿鲁巴（Aruba）帮助我们兑现了全球最好的学校的诺言：一个非常鼓舞人心的学习场所，渐进式教育运动的脉搏击败了强大的表现。” Sharman总结道。