Memorial University's first Electronic Classroom: EN1000
Memorial University Vice-President (Academic) Jaap Tuinman, and former
associate VP(Academic) Jane Foltz cut the ribbon during the official
opening ceremonies for the Electronic Classroom EN1000. In the background
on the left is the electronic whiteboard "SoftBoard". A student's Robotel
control pad can be seen between the two monitors. In the background
on the right is the instructor's workstation, with the Elmo Visual Presenter.
Student stations allow for one or two students to work at each station.
|History|
Computers|
Software|
Elmo Visual Presenter (Graphics Camera)|
|Robotel Video Linking System|
Ergonomics & Furnishings |
Network Access
Links to Electronic Classroom Web pages at other locations
Note that terminology is not standardized for such rooms. Some people use
the phase "Electronic Classroom" to mean a virtual classroom - one that
is distributed in space and possibly time - a classroom without walls,
o specifically for a course delivered electronically (through networks).
Some use the term to describe a lecture room with advanced media/presentation
features, such as are available at Memorial University in E1014 or S2019,
which include a computer for the instructor, RGB projecter and graphics
camera, amongst other features
(e.g.
University of Toronto Electronic Classroom).
In a related context, the term is also used to describe classroom with
special features to facilitate distance education (not a far step from
a networked multimedia lecture room described above) - for example
the University of Bergen
Distributed Electronic Classroom.
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