Getting the most out of your hybrid learning technology
As universities across Europe consider how students will be returning to campus over the next few months, they are also planning for what the future of education looks like. Many will also be considering how to ensure a positive ROI on any past or future investments into technology to support hybrid teaching and learning. Read on to discover how investing in the right technology now, can help to enhance the experience for lecturers and students, ultimately driving growth for universities over the long-term.
Accessibility for all
Moving courses online can open enrolment up to students who may have struggled to attend full time courses on campus, such as those with commitments making it hard to study during the normal 9-5 or even those who may have faced issues travelling to a particular university due to location. As well as this, students with disabilities or illnesses wanting to attend courses traditionally held on a campus that isn’t physically accessible to them, are able to consider studying courses that might not have been available to them before. Of course, to make a success of this approach, investing in high quality content capture equipment is critical in order to provide the best experience.
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Increasingly international
With online teaching comes the opportunity to truly internationalise the courses on offer. Suddenly, students from all over the world can travel virtually to Universities outside of their own country without the need to relocate, enabling them to gain the valuable experience of meeting new people and experiencing new cultures. This is a huge advantage to students who were previously not able to afford to travel abroad for various reasons. For the University, this creates a chance to increase student enrolments and collect more fees without the need for building expansion.
Give everyone a clear view
Making sure students can see and hear clearly what’s being presented whilst keeping them actively engaged, can be a challenge both in the online world and face to face. Installing technology that ensures content is presented to the highest quality, is essential to understanding. Acoustics in rooms of all sizes can sometimes be poor meaning students struggle to hear the lecturer. Finding technology that can resolve these issues for both environments can ensure teaching and learning is seamless and budgets don’t have to be invested twice for online and for bricks and mortar teaching solutions.
Intuitive solutions that get used, time after time
For AV equipment to achieve a clear ROI, it needs to be easy to install and seamlessly integrated or it will be left unused. The best way to see the benefits of investing in AV technology is to invest in equipment that is intuitive, dismissing the need for extensive or sometimes any, lecturer training. When this set up is in place, lecturers can focus on the job at hand, offering the best learning experience for their students both in the classroom and at home.
Finding the right provider
Finding the right AV technology to meet the changing landscape is crucial, but this is where Sony can help. Our education solutions provide a front row seat for all students no matter where they are. Easy to implement, they enable Educators across the spectrum to make learning more immersive and boost student engagement. By combining cutting-edge 4K displays, laser projection, video, audio and AI-driven analytics with technology from UbiCast, the Sony flexible solution not only enables remote learning, but also ensures face to face teaching is presented in the highest quality, enhancing the experience.
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