Over the years the four systems have become rather complex, due to all kinds of extensions and adjustments. Users were annoyed especially at having to shift from one information system to another. Therefore the Executive Board in 2007 set up the DLWO steering committee, whose assignment it was to improve the exchange of digital information and communication at the university and while at it, also to look into ways of collaborating with other universities in that respect.
“We saw it as our challenge to superimpose something on existing systems without drastically changing everything, so that students would no longer be bothered by things going on in the wings”, says dr. Karen Ali, head of the Education and Student Service Center (STU) and a member of the steering committee. “Students are not really interested in all the underlying systems, but much more in their functionality.”
The system, which you can log onto with one user name and password, has been active since the beginning of this year and was tested by second-year students of the Departments of Architecture, Building and Planning and Applied Physics. “After all, it is not very handy to deliver a car before the endurance test on the road has been completed”, explains steering committee member dr. ir. Ronald Waterham of the ICT Department.
It is quite possible that the Eindhoven DLWO could become the pre-eminent communication and information platform of universities in the Netherlands, the steering committee expects. Indeed, the way in which students in Eindhoven look for their timetables, consult subject information or schedule examinations, is not different from the rest of the Netherlands. (FvO)/.
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