Queen’s University invested in Biamp Systems’ Tesira digital signal processor-based media system to deliver “clear, natural-sounding audio” in its collaborative learning rooms.
According to a statement by Biamp, Queen’s University created two collaborative learning spaces for faculty and students to engage in a more interactive learning experience. The rooms entail student pods and instructor stations equipped with microphones, speakers and AV inputs.
A Tesira SERVER-IO frame was installed into each room by PJS Systems. The system distributes audio to the speakers at each pod, where students can hit a “push to talk” button to communicate with the instructor.
Instructors can activate microphone feedback at each pod to talk with students and monitor students’ progress without leaving their station.
The classrooms can also collaborate with each other with the help of an Exton fiber-optic matrix switch. That way, instructors can conduct lessons in both rooms simultaneously.
“One of the great benefits of the Tesira system is its automatic gain control, which provides a lot of flexibility in capturing natural-sounding audio from the dynamic microphone positions throughout the classrooms,” said Kyle Matheson, senior project manager with PJS Systems, in a previous statement. “Because of the Tesira’s versatility, we were able to easily unify both classrooms and incorporate some custom features that instructors had requested, like turning the push button into a ‘Jeopardy’-style buzzer. The classrooms have proven to be quite effective; other faculty groups are now talking about implementing similar solutions of their own.”
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