Today’s learning environments are placing an increased emphasis on flexible and interactive technology. From purely remote learning to hybrid learning, the pandemic has accelerated all modes of online teaching and learning experiences.

In its early days, the global pandemic sent 1.4 billion students — 82% of all enrolled learners — learning from home, according to UNESCO. As a result, educational technologists and AV/IT managers have been working together with faculty to optimize pedagogies for online learning, as well as to provide technology solutions needed to fully engage students and help ensure positive learning experiences and outcomes.

As we look toward the future of education, it’s clear that AV technology will continue to play a crucial role in facilitating learning by providing greater flexibility for in-person, remote and hybrid learning experiences. To meet this need, Panasonic’s virtual experience configurations are being used to capture and share class materials in ways students can digest, whether learning from home or the classroom. With entry, standard and advanced options for various budgets and needs, the virtual experience configurations include Panasonic’s professional grade displays, PTZ cameras, wireless microphones and mounting accessories, which all work seamlessly together to keep students engaged.

By providing an end-to-end solution, Panasonic’s virtual experience configurations help standardize learning environments to create an easy-to-use solution for educators. For students, these virtual experience configurations ensure that professors and teachers are visible and audible, helping them absorb and understand course materials.

The possibilities for hybrid learning are boundless. Panasonic is already working with schools to promote esports as a learning and team building activity that will engage students in hybrid environments. It also serves as a recruiting tool for STEM and STEAM (STEM with arts) students, opening up teaching opportunities across a wide array of disciplines.

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