Working with Educators: Designing AV Installations Around Curriculum

Technology continues to imbed itself in all aspects of our daily lives, while changing, shifting and molding every industry throughout the world. With ongoing and well publicized developments in artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality, the amazing adaptability and capabilities of AV tech can often get lost in the discussion. AV installations are changing the way industries communicate, collaborate and in some cases, educate. With our decades of experience and ongoing work with educators on designing AV installations around curriculum, the results have been revolutionary and have helped breathe new life into traditional classrooms.Let’s discuss the benefits of audio and visual within an education and classroom setting and how AV changed the future for one educational institution altogether.

Designing AV Installations Around Curriculum: The Benefits

Most educators have a standard curriculum, regardless of grade level, that they teach from to improve productivity. Through discussions with educators around their classroom needs and process will result in a well designed AV system that ultimately becomes the perfect catalyst for improving both the classroom and teaching experience. Using AV equipment really is a no-brainer. Let’s discuss some of the benefits in more detail.

Accessibility

AV equipment has the potential to open new doors of accessibility for students and faculty. Students with disabilities will be more engaged and be able to learn more effectively using video and audio tools. For example, video can be streamed with subtitles and sign language; or in-room devices supplied to aid those who are hard of hearing. Other AV technology provides for information written on smartboards or presentation areas to be read back to students with vision difficulty. Accessibility is critical and AV equipment can improve it.

Enhancement

AV technology and systems allow for enhancements of the curriculum that would otherwise be unreachable. These enhancements include, among others, educational videos, images, documentaries in the form of digital signage and video conferencing for special events. These systems combined with new tech such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence can offer students a more immersive experience with hands-on learning.

Training for the Future

An amazing byproduct of using AV equipment as part of the curriculum is the training in the technology of the future students will have through their interactions with it. Students will gain hands-on experience with this technology for future career opportunities.

Moravian College Case Study

Moravian College decided to add a new course curriculum, based on their new Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center. The facility wished to completely remodel and expand the existing building, adding AV equipment for educational enhancement. Our team was asked to design and engineer these solutions throughout the remodeled area and expansion. It included several separate learning areas including exam rooms, labs, classroom space and common areas. Due to the nature of this curriculum, the new features would need to be specifically tailored to their unique needs.

The challenge was as follows: the additions would need to work seamlessly with one another for the end user while still delivering a unique set of AV solutions.

Throughout the process, our team worked with the college to implement various technologies such as large format flat panel displays, touch screen control panels, audio and visual recording devices, stationary cameras, streaming media processors, ceiling mounted microphones and equipment racks. Each room was outfitted with a full suite of dedicated AV technology to meet the individual curriculum needs of each space, both audio and visual – from conference hall to common area.

Once the project was complete, the working collaboration between Moravian College and our team was able to bring new life into a totally unique space. The Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center is now able to support a new curriculum otherwise unachievable.

We are proud to have supported Moravian College throughout the conception and design phase of the project, working together to design AV installations around curriculum and implementing a variety of solutions that met their goals while utilizing the many benefits that AV equipment brings to the education industry.

To learn more about the Moravian College project and what AV can do for education, click here to download and read the case study today.