Proposal for the Design of Computer Laboratories at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia of Costa Rica

Abstract

This article contains the proposal generated from the research carried out for the improvement, design, development and management of the computer laboratories of the State Distance University; under the descriptive model and through an internship at the National Open and Distance University of Colombia (UNAD). This exchange is a promoter with which a global vision is obtained, with foreign trends that are analyzed in comparison with the institutional situation. The current situation that contemplates the physical space and applications that the laboratories contain throughout the national territory are described, indicating the general inventory that governs them and the administrative plan that contemplates them. In the document, recommendations are made at the level of monitoring, maintenance and connectivity, identified from the vision generated as a product of the internship at the UNAD of Colombia and when contrasted with the current scene in the institution, with the intention of facilitating decision making and provide indicators for continuous improvement, in cases of future designs and implementations and current consideration.