Building a Digital Learning Environment
Higher education requires a holistic approach to address the specific needs of students, faculty staff, and leadership. By allowing students and faculty to access secure digital education tools from anywhere on any device, a cloud-ready digital environment provides opportunities for continuous learning.
Through its partnership with Citrix, Troye helps to build a strategic digital workplace to provide blended learning capabilities. An agile, flexible environment can transform the education experience for students, faculty, and staff. As a result, people do not have to attend in person or secure a seat in a lab.
Students and faculty can now access applications, data, and services regardless of their location, device, or network. Whether their requirement is standard productivity software or complex scientific and technical applications, they can work from virtually anywhere.
Supporting Education Continuity
Troye CEO Helen Kruger says a continuity strategy will minimise disruption, maintain security, and support uninterrupted education.
“Missed class time can have a devastating impact on students. With a continuity strategy, institutions can minimise deviations from the educational calendar.”
Procuring, preparing, and issuing thousands of laptops to students is a monumental task. Fortunately, connecting students with the applications they require for learning need not be.
With Citrix RemotePC, off-campus students can use their own devices to connect easily to learning applications already residing on on-campus lab computers.
“Students simply connect to dormant lab computers they are already familiar with. Often the simplest solution to a problem is the best. Citrix RemotePC is resonating well with several local universities because it addresses many immediate remote learning challenges while keeping capital expenditure very low,” she explains.
Delivering Applications Anywhere
Kruger says North West University (NWU) is already providing a better way to learn by offering secure applications and data on any device.
“Citrix gives NWU students a wider reach, regardless of their faculty, with a better user experience. At the same time, it reduces the challenges associated with delivering applications anywhere.”
“It provides NWU with the flexibility required for students. Furthermore, it delivers a strategy for providing applications as a service with digital workspace flexibility for students and staff,” she adds.
The Benefits of Citrix Digital Technology
Ensure continuity with Citrix digital technology. Industry-leading Citrix solutions offer many advantages for students, faculty, staff, and researchers. They enable the secure delivery of all Windows, web, SaaS, and mobile applications, as well as data and services, from any device across any network, cloud, or location.
In addition, institutions benefit from the administrative advantages of centralised management. If they choose, IT teams can implement thin clients that deliver application and desktop workloads. These environments can run on-premises or in the cloud while providing a consistent experience that mirrors what users have on campus.
Protecting Institutions and Students
Kruger says many universities commonly face a shortage of PCs in labs. Additionally, they often cannot extend access to users off campus at any time of the day or night.
“Citrix’s digital workspace solutions help protect institutions from consequences such as gaps in students’ education, damaged institutional reputation, and financial implications.”
To address the specific concerns of higher education populations, institutions need a comprehensive approach. This approach must minimise disruption, maintain security, and support uninterrupted education.
Through a secure cybersecurity framework and modern digital workspace technologies, educational institutions can continue delivering services without compromising access or security.
Flexibility and Agility Matter
“Flexibility and agility are essential to providing a seamless learning experience. They enable students and faculty to complete and catch up on coursework so that the academic year is not lost,” she concludes.