DeVry University Launches Innovative Extended Classrooms
January 19 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
DeVry uses technology to reinvent the college
learning experience
An innovator in higher education since 1931, DeVry University
has developed connected-classroom technology to reinvent the
student learning experience. In one of DeVry’s 24 new extended
classrooms, students experience a virtual learning community that
goes beyond on-campus and online courses, joining together students
from campuses across the country.
Using an innovative suite of connected-classroom technologies,
these extended classrooms allow students and professors to take
part in active learning sessions, complete group projects and
interact across extended classrooms, in real time, while at
different campus locations. Each extended classroom is equipped
with:
- Live video, audio and display
screens enable students to hear, see and fully participate in
relevant, timely discussions and problem-solving activities.
- Widescreen HD monitors and
picture-in-picture views deliver visual perspective, allowing
students in both locations to explore new ideas together.
- Interactive whiteboards feature
two-way sharing to bring data, notes and dynamic case studies to
life in both classrooms.
- Wireless content sharing allows
professors and students to send images, files and documents from
their own devices to display screens in both classrooms.
- Voice-activated motion cameras
automatically follow the conversation, while facial recognition
software helps the cameras identify who is speaking. Students see
classmates as clearly as if they were in the same room.
- Special projection cameras
capture images of materials placed below it, including 3-D objects,
for live display on the extended classrooms’ whiteboards.
“DeVry University is leveraging technology to create dynamic,
interactive learning experiences that help prepare students for the
virtual environments of the modern workplace,” said Robert Paul,
president of DeVry University. “This reinvented classroom
experience will help equip students with the skills to navigate and
thrive in today’s increasingly virtual and tech-enabled workplace.1
The extended classroom format instills important virtual
collaboration skills and encourages interaction with new tools
students are likely to utilize in their professional lives. It’s an
exciting new way to learn.”
DeVry campuses with connected-classroom technology include:
- Arizona: Phoenix
- California: Bakersfield, Folsom,
Fresno, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego, San Jose, Sherman Oaks
- Colorado: Colorado Springs
- Georgia: Decatur
- Illinois: Addison, Chicago, Chicago
Loop, Downers Grove, Tinley Park
- Nevada: Henderson
- New Jersey: North Brunswick
- New York: Manhattan
- Ohio: Columbus
- Oklahoma: Oklahoma City
- Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
- Texas: Irving
- Virginia: Norfolk
To view a connected-classroom technology demonstration, visit
http://www.devry.edu/on-campus-online/virtual-classroom-technology.html.
About DeVry University
DeVry University’s mission is to foster student learning through
high-quality, career-oriented education integrating technology,
business, science and the arts. Founded in 1931, the university
offers undergraduate and graduate programs onsite and online
within its five distinguished colleges of study: Business &
Management, Engineering & Information Sciences, Health
Sciences, Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Media Arts &
Technology. The university is accredited by The Higher Learning
Commission (HLC, www.hlcommission.org).
With locations across the U.S., DeVry University is one of the
largest private-sector universities in North America. The
university is a part of DeVry Education Group (NYSE: DV), a global
provider of educational services. To learn more about DeVry
University, visit devry.edu.
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http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/12/30/technologys-impact-on-workers/
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