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Lecture Halls Active Learning Classrooms

Lecture halls continue to be the most important facility on any college campus. Add to that a new generation of Active learning classrooms take advantage of the latest IT technology along with that technology’s high adoption
students who have grown up using IT technology, it’s no surprise more and more universities across the world level among younger students to encourage a new kind of participation in learning. Due to the high number of
are investing considerable resources to upgrade their AV systems. Lecturers must use the systems to simultane- sources in this kind of classroom setting, installations will require multiple inputs and outputs as well as the
ously display content such as presentations or videos in a large centralized area, which often includes multiple ability to centrally control the content from anywhere. Solutions also need to feature simultaneous displays that
smaller displays (mirroring content) so that every student can see properly. can switch between multiple sources frequently and without any lag.

Waseda University, Japan eFuture Classroom, Taiwan
Waseda University celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2007. While honoring its history, the school’s leadership Nan-Hu Elementary School in Taipei was looking for a major upgrade to its aging e-Future classroom. The school
also took the opportunity to look to the “Waseda Next 125", undertaking a project to upgrade infrastructure for wanted to solve the device control issues presented by having multiple individual remote controls and deliver the
education and research facilities in its new Building 11, which was completed in January 2009. This included a best video quality while integrating multiple audio and video interfaces. In addition to improving the interactive
full makeover of the school’s original AV system to transform Waseda into a truly hi-tech educational institution. learning experience, the solution had to provide a multi-view function for conferencing and long distance learning.
They needed an AV solution to be implemented throughout all the large and small classrooms, conference
rooms, and seminar rooms that could cope with a wide range of different signals going to every room. ATEN Solution
Provided simple, centralized control of the e-Future classroom from an iPad including everything from
ATEN Solution lighting to air conditioning to switching of predefined user scenarios that let students show their
Offered an advanced, simple, and cost effective way to send high quality HDMI content to any of the answers on a 2x4 video wall.
HDMI displays and switch seamlessly between them, allowing professors to start classes without VK2100 - Control Box
wasting a moment. VM5808H – 8x8 HDMI Matrix Switch with Scaler
VM0808H – 8x8 HDMI Matrix Switch CM1164 - 4-port USB DVI-D KVMP Switch
VE812 – HDMI HDBaseT Extender VE801 - HDMI HDBaseT-Lite Extender
VE800A – HDMI Cat 5 Extender PE6208B - 8-Outlet 20A/12A Power Distribution Unit
VS132A – 2-Port VGA Splitter

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