DisplayNote has proven a hit in classrooms worldwide over the past 12 months. The Northern Irish technology company, which creates intelligent collaboration software, has experienced a surge in the use of its wireless presentation tools Broadcast and Montage, as hybrid learning was introduced to many schools across the world. Hybrid…
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Inside Imperial College’s new Scale Space building
Imperial College London is a world-class university with a mission to benefit society through excellence in science, engineering, medicine and business. A long-term client of integrator Reflex, it engaged the company in mid-2019 to design the AV systems for its Business School’s new facilities in the Scale Space building. Scale Space…
UK’s first 5G-enabled immersive classroom unveiled
Pupils in Scotland can now experience what it’s like to be in outer space, under the ocean, on a World War 1 battlefield or even on top of Everest thanks to a new learning initiative which is the first of its kind in the UK. The project has become a…
Media production course goes virtual with DaVinci Resolve
Students enrolled on Foundation and the BA (Hons) Media production degree courses at Salford City College, University Centre, have been using Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve software to continue their studies uninterrupted and complete their courses remotely during the pandemic. DaVinci Resolve is the world’s only solution that combines editing, colour…
Poly enables Télécom Paris’ journey to hybrid learning
Télécom Paris, a leading French higher education institution, an Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) school, and a founding member of Polytechnic Institute of Paris, has implemented a broad range of Poly unified communications (UC) solutions for digital transformation, and to connect 600 staff and 1,350 students across the institute’s Paris campus. In…
Morehouse College opens VR digital twin campus
Morehouse College, the alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee, and Georgia senator Ralph Warnock, will lead higher education into a new frontier this spring as students will be offered two classes held in virtual reality (VR). “Providing an immersive classroom experience for our students during this pandemic…
BenQ ‘first with remote teaching partnership’
BenQ has partnered with Oak National Academy, an organisation providing free online classroom resources in the UK, to make a portfolio of over 10,000 videos, lesson slides and pupil worksheets available across the manufacturer's series of interactive flat panels. Oak was created in response to schools closing during the pandemic…
Pandemic speeds rapid university rollout of TCC2
The University of South Florida (USF) is a preeminent state research university located in the heart of Tampa Bay. With a student population of almost 50,000 students across 14 different colleges, USF prides itself as being at the cutting edge of medicine, science, engineering, the arts and more. Early last…
Pure AV secures £2m Ulster University AV project
Pure AV has secured a £2m audiovisual project at Ulster University’s Greater Belfast campus development. The landmark project will bring 75,000 sqm of transformative learning space to the city centre, giving 15,000 staff and students access to new work, learning, research, and innovation facilities. This second phase of the development…
Supernova displays selected for top university
Three extra-large dnp Supernova Infinity optical displays have been selected for Southampton University’s new Centenary Building, providing a resource that is expected to be used for decades to come and that will help the university maintain its position as one of the top 100 higher education institutions globally. The screens…