The University of Chile completes a large hybrid classroom project with Bose Pro

More than a hundred classrooms of this higher education institution in Chile have the all-in-one solution for conferences Bose Videobar VB1.

Founded in 1842, the University of Chile It is the oldest higher education institution in the Andean country and one of the most important in the American continent. Twenty-one presidents and two Chilean writers awarded the Nobel Prize have been trained in its classrooms.

This academic institution has fifteen faculties and five interdisciplinary institutes, distributed in five campuses in Santiago de Chile in which more than 43.000 students.

With the aim of ensuring that classes are always on track, regardless of distance or any other external factor, The university started just over a year ago an ambitious project of online education and hybrid classrooms, in which the technology of Bose Professional plays a fundamental role.

Dario Riquelme Zornow, project manager in the university's Office of Online Education, He explains that at the beginning a standardized solution was thought for all classrooms, Auditoriums and laboratories, However, The idea was scrapped once they understood that each faculty represents a different challenge..

"We talked to the teachers to find out how they teach their classes and that they will show us the way they move around the classroom., His way of writing on the blackboard or the use of the projector, he recalls.. We ask students how they participate in class when they are in face-to-face mode and how they do it remotely".

The Chilean company Tecnomove, AV solutions specialist, was the winner of the public tender to develop the hybrid classroom solution, Dividing the project into three solution models: basic, Intermediate and Advanced.

Advanced model

This approach offers the simplest and most transparent user experience for the teacher, Well, its implementation is very agile and in just a few seconds it is ready to start its class, Display a presentation or video and share it with both students present in the classroom and those participating remotely.

For Advanced Model Hybrid Classrooms, Tecnomove integrated a solution that includes the all-in-one USB device for conferences Bose Videobar VB1, a camera Kaptivo To capture the whiteboard image and a device Lenovo ThinkSmart Hub, from where you log in and control your other devices.

This configuration meets the demands of a clean installation, No multiple cables and connections that could become potential points of failure, In addition to offering an agile and intuitive operation.

currently, Tecnomove, With the support of the distribution company MMT, has installed more than one hundred units of Bose Videobar VB1 in different classrooms, Halls and small auditoriums in the different faculties and institutes of the University.

The technology of Six beam-steering microphones and the configuration of capture areas of the VB1 Videobar solves this need, for the teacher's voice is captured with great clarity, regardless of whether you move back and forth through the classroom.

The audio quality of Bose Videobar VB1 speakers helps make the voice of remote students intelligible so that both the teacher and classmates present in the classroom hear clearly, A fundamental characteristic when it is the teachers who teach their class remotely.

For remote students, It is important to see the teacher's movements at all times, for which the 4K Ultra HD camera of the VB1 has an auto-framing function that makes it easy to set the image in an open plane to see the teacher full body or zoom in to achieve a medium plane.

The University of Chile considers this project as part of its academic strategy for the future. For example, It is evaluated to use hybrid classrooms in postgraduate courses in order to expand the scope and incorporate students from other cities and have guest professors from other universities.

"Collaborating with the University of Chile represents a great privilege, Well, the impact of these solutions goes beyond technology, We know that, somehow., We are contributing to the education of our country's youth.", Designates Carol Nights, Tecnomove Sales Manager.

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