Dr. Bill Junkin
Erskine College To Host Technology Forum
“Wireless Applications” will be the topic Thursday when Erskine College plays host to the InnoVision Technology Forum Series.
The seven-session series is sponsored by the 2003 InnoVision Technology Awards program.
This week’s forum, from 3-5 p.m. at Erskine’s Daniel Moultrie Science Center, will feature a discussion of the impact of wireless applications.
Panelists are Erskine College Dean for Learning and Technology Dr. Bill Junkin, Alvarion Corp. Southeast Regional Sales Manager Scott Ledgerwood, Gorilla Networks Owner and General Manager Joe Milam, and Clemson University Center for Research of Wireless Applications Director L. Wilson Pearson. The forum will be moderated by ASCinc.NET Owner and Chief Operating Officer Ron Younts.
The panel discussion on wireless applications will be followed by a facilitated discussion among attendees, including past InnoVision award winners and finalists, board members, potential InnoVision Technology Award nominees, sponsors and interested community leaders.
“I think some of the programs we’ve developed here at Erskine for educational applications could be used in business and industry,” Junkin said. “We’re using wireless technology at Erskine and we’re always interested in learning more. Some of the cutting-edge work we’ve done here could be of use to business and industry.”
The awards program and forum series focus on the advancement of technology and innovation in the Upstate through communication, education and recognition of innovation and technological progress.
Thursday’s forum will include discussion about the use of radio frequency solutions to satisfy a myriad of communications networking and Internet access requirements for just about any type of organization or industry; identifying if and how wireless technology might be helpful in addressing the needs of organizations; advantages and disadvantages of wireless (cost, security, reliability, bandwidth, distance limitations); employee education; advantages of industry-education partnerships; and use in the workplace, for the mobile workforce and in sales and marketing.
Erskine College won the Innovation in Education Award in 2002 for Junkin’s development of a new Web-based technology called “Beyond Question.”
The technology allows instructors to poll students on course content and receive real-time responses on computers, mobile phones and PDAs.
The Beyond Question technology has been used by the Air Force Academy and Harvard University, providing a technology advantage for learning environments.
The InnoVision Technology Awards program was founded in 1999 by Deloitte & Touche.
Past award winners include Michelin, BMW, Fluor Corp., St. Francis Hospital and Kemet.
“We’re very excited to have this meeting here on campus,” Junkin said. “We hope this will be a continuing collaboration to the mutual benefit of both education and business and industry.”
