Purdue University found a way to create a flexible and inviting learning space for on-campus learners while also delivering high-quality audio and video recording for distance students.
Emily K. Reuter's insight:
A brilliant concept far ahead of the game when it comes to developing presence in the online classroom. For those schools that offer the same classes to on-campus students as they do to online students, this concept for 'hard-wiring' the on-campus classroom to bridge the gap for those who are not present is brilliant. Oftentimes, distance education students taking the same classes at a traditional university as those who are on-campus feel isolated and disconnected with only reading and testing available to them. Mainstream universities are not always up to par with online class structure and technology as are strictly distance-education-only schools. Perdue has the right audio with crossing the bridge between two kinds of learners. A brilliant technology to assist with personalized learning.