In conclusion, automated and unmanned LaptopLender provides a flexible and secure method to lend laptops in a variety of environments. http://www.eunis.org/eunis2017/sessions/20170609_ps6ni/

1. Mikko Mäkelä
IT Service Manager / IT Department
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
LAPTOP LENDING, WITH ZERO-EFFORT?

2. Metropolia in brief • A multidisciplinary university of applied sciences, the largest in
Finland
• Operating out of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa
• 16,700 students
• 2,560 Bachelor’s and 410 Master’s graduates in 2016
• Staff 1,000
• Four fields of study: Culture, Business, Health Care and Social
Services, Technology
• Most popular UAS in Finland in terms of applicants,
4.3 first-choice applicants per study place in 2016
• Budget in 2017 EUR 95 million
http://www.ark-l-m.fi/projects/education/metropolia-myllypuro-kampus/

3. Author
•
IT-service manager in Metropolia UAS from 2008
• Supervising ~30 employees and ~6000 PC's environment
• Financial, purchasing, co-op e.g. responsibilities
• Worked from -92 in higher education
Co-operation in national HEI
• Lisenssi-TVK, licensing co-operation among HEI
• EDUSIG-Workstation Windows, co-operation group for
managing workstation environments in Finnish HEI
• National Adobe (2013&2016) ETLA contract and tender for 23
HEIs
• IT-Laite tender, purchase contract for 8 HEIs
GOALS
• Designing diverse learning environments
• Development of user support service
• More co-operation in national level
• LaptopLender
Mikko Mäkelä
Bachelor of Engineering (Beng),
Information and Communcations
Technology
IT Service Manager / IT
Department
Mikko.Makela@metropolia.fi
Tel: +35840 662 0100
http://fi.linkedin.com/in/mikkoim/

4. A really quick Finnish lesson
”Aamupalaverihuone”
1st Aamu-palaveri-huone = Morning-meeting-room
BUT guess what ?
2nd "Aamupala-veri-huone = Breakfast-blood-room“
(http://thefinnishteacher.weebly.com/the-10-best-wordsphrases-in-the-finnish-language.html)

5. • Currently the PC classrooms are not USED enough
• They are in ”wrong” places
• They are not free when needed (between 10 to 14 o’clock)
Why we need it?

6. © Petri Vesikivi, 2015
Before
“Traditional tightly subject-oriented pedagogical approach seems to approach
the end of its lifetime. The worklife practises have changed from individual
effort to collaborative and team work tasks.” Lukkarinen Sakari, Holvikivi Jaana, Hjort Peter, Mäkelä Mikko, Lakkala
Minna. 2015. Creation of a Collaborative Study Community in Engineering Studies.

7. What are the needs to create a flexible PC-classroom
• Should be as good quality as possible
• Free when needed
• Located where needed
• AND with needed software

8. Possibilities
http://www.posti.fi, http://www.redbox.com, http://d-techinternational.com/, http://www.ergotron.com

9. Laptop lending
currently
• Metropolia IT support page:
https://wiki.metropolia.fi/x/goGZBg

10. Student projects

11. The future, from concept to reality
• One way to enable and ensure good quality studying environment for all the
students
• LaptopLender, two final year projects about creating the concept and the
machine itself for lending laptops in Metropolia UAS (in Finnish):
• http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017053111364
• http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201504295468

12. Haapasaari, Jenny & Vuokila, Elina, 2015.

13. LaptopLender
LaptopLender usage is not limited only to education environments.
• Libraries could also use a machine to lend laptops to their users.
• Hotels and conference centers could have lendable laptops for their guests as an add-on
service.
• Secure environments, the lender could be paired to the access control system. For example,
no one with a borrowed laptop could leave premises without returning their borrowed laptop
first.
In conclusion, automated and unmanned LaptopLender provides a flexible and
secure method to lend laptops in a variety of environments.

14. QUESTIONS???
OPINIONS??
www.facebook.com/MetropoliaAMK
Mikko.makela@metropolia.fi
http://fi.linkedin.com/in/mikkoim/