Audio and video technology solutions are integral to the functionality and success of higher education learning spaces. Improved AV technology in classrooms, study spaces, lecture halls and virtually anywhere that students and professors engage promotes effective and learning- focused collaboration. Digital signage in common spaces can help relay important announcements and helpful maps for students, and collaboration technology can make lectures accessible to remote learners. Simple tweaks to projectors or audio systems can make a big difference in a student’s learning experience.
Higher education, whether in-person, hybrid or fully remote, is greatly enhanced through audio, visual and automated installations. Strategically placed microphones and speakers in larger spaces such as lecture halls can amplify voices that might otherwise be hard to hear from all places in the room. Acoustic engineering can be implemented to reduce background noises and ensure only the speaker is heard. Interactivity is key to creating a collaborative learning space. Video walls and digital whiteboards with touchscreen capabilities greatly enhance learning to create a hands-on experience. Other tools for room scheduling, control systems and automation are additional ways that AV solutions can simplify and enhance collaboration and connectivity for students and professors.
AV Planners has proven experience enhancing learning spaces for higher education institutions. At Emerson College in Los Angeles, AV Planners was entrusted with designing and outfitting each classroom with Crestron control systems for IT managers to remotely manage each room. With remote management, problems can be detected and if an issue arises, the managers are immediately notified. American Career College, in conjunction with its articulation partner West Coast University, commissioned AV planners to design new classrooms and laboratories at nine campuses across the country. The private vocational colleges wanted to emphasize collaboration in the designs, and AV Planners successfully implemented spaces with interactive and realistic simulation technology for healthcare professions.