Connecting Instructors and Students With AVer and NDI®
July 02, 2021 by Scott Carroll
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, UW-Parkside was forced to move quickly to a hybrid and distance learning model. “Up until 2019, we only had one room dedicated to distance education which served mostly as a receive function for the school, not a broadcast site. There was no way for professors to communicate with remote students unless they used their own laptop with the web cam,” said Linda Wawiorka, Instructional Technology Manager, UW-Parkside.
In 2020, they made the bold move to embrace video cameras from AVer using NDI® to change the face of the way their instructors and students would teach and learn. UW-Parkside now is capable of live streaming 30 classes this semester. Most of these classes are in a hybrid situation, with instructors teaching some students remotely and some in-person. The AVer auto tracking cameras make it possible for instructors to safely wear masks in the lecture hall while at the same time seamlessly following their moves.
Read more about how NDI helped UW-Parkside to shore up their Distance Learning program.
