Learning Spaces
Here you'll find articles on technology-enabled learning spaces, classroom design, av technologies and more, plus stories about institutions adopting new tech for the classroom.
GigXR, a global provider of extended reality (XR) solutions for instructor-led teaching and training, has partnered with the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to co-create holographic acute-care simulations for training medical professionals at every level, according to a news release.
IT leaders, faculty and a student offer a variety of perspectives on the future for their campuses in the new year.
The University of Michigan Health is co-developing a mixed-reality curriculum for medical students. The institution is working with GigXR to develop the XR Procedure Training Suite, a training application that uses holographic patients and mixed reality to help students develop manual and practical skills.
When classes resume for the Spring 2022 semester at the University of Michigan, a new Central Campus Classroom Building will welcome more than 10,000 students per day, the university said this week in a news release. The CCCB was designed specifically to support "active and team-based learning classrooms."
The University of Alabama is rolling out a set of small, greenhouse-like structures where students can have private, socially distanced space for their studies or relaxation.
Audio conferencing company Nureva has launched a new classroom solution that integrates audio, video, device management and services.
Michigan Technological University has outfitted two of its on-campus spaces with ClearOne BMA 360 Beamforming Microphone Array Ceiling Tiles.
Virtual reality company Dreamscape Immersive is teaming up with VR/AR software provider Zoe Immersive to make it easier to create 3D content for the Dreamscape VR platform.
The right combination of technology and training will ensure your learning spaces can adapt to ever-changing modes of instruction. Here are key considerations for future-proofing classrooms, supporting faculty and surviving the next pandemic.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has introduced a number of hyflex classrooms, capable of accommodating students attending in person and online.
