Third – you have to be thinking about a model that’s pervasive. It’s going back to the same theme that says, you can’t have a different experience in the tiered classroom, in a collaboration dock, and in a hallway conversation. Technology these days, there’s no need for you to have the $100,000 teaching room, a $10,000 collaboration dock and nothing in the hallways…If you’ve got pervasive Wi-Fi, you can have the same collaboration and engagement in a hallway where there happens to be a flat panel on the wall. You can walk from that space to a tiered classroom on the same user interface, and have the same experience. …You have to have a policy and approach in the technology landscape that gives you a uniform experience for the end users.
Fourth – remember the importance of “quick start-up, quick tear-down.” These days, there should be no, “gee, I need to find an AV cart,” and call the AV guy and have him roll some special equipment in the room. There’s no need for that anymore. With wireless sharing and collaboration, you should be able to walk into any room, hit a button, a faculty starts the meeting, and students start to free-form engage.
Shortened setup time is highly coordinated with student engagement. You don’t want that five minute time where they all start to take naps. Students do either one of two things: either they fall asleep, or they get overly frustrated. Both of those aren’t good for learning.
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