The Construction of Language Laboratory Based on VOI Technology

Abstract

Abstract VOI (Virtual Operating System Infrastructure), a cloud desktop technology, is popular in educational area recently, especially in colleges, because of its many advantages. It widely used in the laboratory which main equipment are computers, such as computer rooms and language laboratory. Language lab equipped computers acts as an important actor for language teaching in many colleges. Constructing a laboratory with high ratio of quality and value is the focus of many laboratory researchers. The study explores the requirement of teaching and learning for labs, surveys market and several other colleges, and designs how to construct NWAFU language labs based on VOI, compared with other prevalent technologies on market, from requirement, cost, deployment and management aspects. The study provides a reference for other type laboratory’s construction and gives some suggestions to a decision maker.