Digitally connected classrooms, labs, and performance spaces can facilitate low-density collaboration, instruction, and ensemble. Capabilities can include audio and video patching, large LCD screens, audio monitors, high-bandwidth network connections.
In a hybrid context, one of the basic assumptions is that activity that can be online, will be, thus freeing up space to de-densify the campus. Instructional activity that involves large numbers of students, and requires real-time interaction (e.g. music, dance, theatre rehearsals, laboratory) would benefit from being able to distribute the activity to a number of rooms, and allow for synchronous activity that is also socially-distanced. Hard-wired connectivity could address sound quality and latency issues in performance instruction to make this effective.
- A/V and network routing
- Large display surfaces
- Audio amplification and monitoring