Avaya Helps Higher Education Institutions Create Innovative Learning Environments for Greater Student Engagement - Seite 2

The Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University offers a Master of Professional Studies (MPS) degree in Geodesign exclusively through its World Campus. The program uses a virtual environment powered by AvayaLive Engage for the studio courses. Collaboration and creating a sense of community amongst the students are essential at this design school, and the immersive learning environment serves that purpose well -- especially since all of the students are online, off-campus students. Students hone spatial problem solving skills using shared designs, mapping and other graphic communication. For example, in the Avaya studio several design options can be posted simultaneously which allows students and professors to compare designs or enlarge one to see more detail. This collaborative design experience enables the development of best practices that synthesize environmental design with geographic knowledge and scientific data. The AvayaLive Engage virtual environment also has played host to the program's advisory board meetings where even the most skeptical are convinced of the value of this collaborative learning approach. 

Collaborative learning environments meet the needs in healthcare learning settings like University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Biomedical Informatics. Teaching the next generation of healthcare professionals using virtual environments extends this institution's ability to engage them in hands-on clinical practices. Rooms in the virtual world that simulate hospital in-patient rooms enable to students to better experience and learn the challenging work flow at the point of care. Virtual worlds afford proximity, context and virtual face-to-face interactions as well as faculty office hours, remote guest lecturers and poster sessions at the end of the semester.

About AvayaLive Engage: AvayaLive Engage moves the world of online gaming into a highly interactive, engaging learning and meeting environment. This immersive, collaborative cloud-based application enables students and teachers to engage as avatars in collaboration sessions featuring 3D visuals, video, and spatial audio within its own virtual classroom environment. Multi-media content is easily accessed by students and teachers who can join from any physical location -- even in combination with "sister" campuses or universities in other countries. Multiple, free-flowing discussions can take place simultaneously as well as private, 1-1 meetings and interactions. Classrooms can be customized and available on-demand 24x7 as needed.