Thin Client Technology for Higher Education at Universities of Saudi Arabia: Implementation, Challenges and Lesson Learned

Recent advancement in technologies is reshaping our daily lives. The transformation has changed our traditional class rooms to virtual class rooms which enables millions of people to access knowledge at their fingertips. Recently, Thin Client is one of the mostly adopted technologies in higher education. Universities in Saudi Arabia are among the pioneer international universities who embraced Thin Client technology. In this paper, we focus on the challenges faced and lessons learned during the implementations phase of Thin Client Technology at Saudi Arabian Universities. In addition, we also performed a comparative analysis of Thin Client Technology implemented at various Saudi Arabian universities.