Lancaster University advances future education focused on collaboration

In the School of Administration, a room has been redesigned that can accommodate up to 35 students at five workstations. And in the center of the installation, Panasonic TH-43LFE8 screens have been implemented. 43 inches, along with Kramer Via Connect Pro wireless hubs. The lectern has been preserved in the installation, a Panasonic PT-RZ570 projector and the AMX control system.

Lancaster University Management School is constructing a new building complex and as it will not be completed until 2019, Meanwhile, the distribution of their classrooms is being rethought.. In addition to looking for a way to increase the technological equipment of the center.

The university wanted to find a collaborative solution, but this had to be integrated into the already existing educational space, maintaining the current lectern, a projector (Panasonic PT-RZ570) and the control system AMX.

“We have been examining several wireless presentation options for some time.. The general opinion is that student expectations are changing and that the possibility of offering a more active and personalized learning experience will be, in the future, an important aspect in the way lessons are taught”, comments David Neal, educational space coordinator in Lancaster.

Working closely with integrator Pure AV, The result has been a room that can accommodate up to 35 students at five workstations. And in the center of the installation, Panasonic TH-43LFE8 screens have been implemented. 43 inches, along with wireless hubs Kramer Via connect Pro. This layout allows students to easily work in groups and connect to the screen with their own devices, whether laptops, tablets or mobile phones.

With this solution, Collaboration is encouraged as students can work together and share files instantly between team members, displaying the content of your device on the screen. The Kramer Via allows the user to continue accessing the web when connected to the network to mirror the screen of their device. An important requirement for the School of Administration and an aspect that other options studied by the University had not been able to solve.

With its thin edge and compact design, screens help viewers focus on the displayed image. The LFE8 series supports a total of 59 different input signals, which makes it ideal for this collaborative work and meeting space, where content can be used in a wide variety of different formats.

The system offers, both the teacher and the students, a lot of flexibility and a lot of options for managing and displaying content. The current room control system has been maintained and the new Kramer Via collaboration system has been added, offering connectivity for wireless devices. Local supply switching and display control, for his part, are achieved by using a control pad for the AMX button.

To help users navigate the system, desks are color coded. The control panel has a dedicated collaboration page and is programmed to ensure that the room user can select and share content on the screens with a few presses of a button.

Users can also capture content from group screens and display it on the main projector for everyone to see., creating a flexible system to display and compare work with the rest of the group.

The University is planning future facilities based on the same layout and will soon install a second.