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.
Addressing the challenges of new learning spaces requires a new strategic approach to innovative planning, stakeholder engagement, continuous professional development, and a commitment to ongoing evaluation and adjustment.
After five years of planning, St. Petersburg College (SPC) in Florida has opened its new Chris Sprowls Workforce Innovation Hub on the Tarpon Springs campus and is welcoming visitors. The 10,000-square-foot facility was dedicated in February 2024, and is devoted to manufacturing, creativity, and collaboration among students, educators, and business leaders.
As students develop skills to succeed in the workforce, technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality are providing a priceless opportunity to learn by doing.
FLEXspace, the Flexible Learning Environments eXchange will move under the management of HETMA, the Higher Education Technology Managers Alliance, so that both can benefit from synergies between the two nonprofit, community-based organizations. FLEXspace will continue as a free service and release its 3.0 portal version in early spring.
Utah Tech (UT) University in St. George has outfitted its new Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) building with Extron's latest audiovisual (AV) technology, as well as retrofitting additional rooms across campus in order to standardize their systems.
PTZOptics has introduced a new livestreaming video camera line, Move SE. The line, introduced at CES 2024, includes over 10 new features for PTZ cameras, the company said.
Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) tech company zSpace demonstrated expanded career and technical education (CTE) and workforce applications at the recent ACTE Careertech Vision Conference in Phoenix.
Endicott College, a small four-year college north of Boston, recently deployed the Extron NAV AVoIP system to power a new interactive learning environment.
California's Glendale Community College (GCC) will be the first community college, in partnership with Dreamscape Learn, to bring virtual reality (VR) introductory science learning to campus. The program will be housed in a new Virtual Reality Center, funded by a $4.5 million state grant.
Emory University's Goizueta Business School and virtual reality (VR) communication company Moth&Flame VR have partnered to develop a VR training library for students and professionals to work on team-building skills.
