Technology-Enriched Classrooms

The University of Scranton has state of the art videoconferencing facilities located in Brennan Hall 105 and 205 and in McGurrin Hall 110. The two videoconference rooms in Brennan are equipped with a shared Tandberg system, capable of connection speed of up to 384 Kbps. The system is controlled via a touch panel that also controls the other equipment in the room, including the lights. Each room has a desktop computer with network connectivity, instructor laptop connection, document camera, and VCR. Brennan 105 adds two plasma monitor displays that supplement the projection screen and a DVD player. Both Brennan rooms have laptop connection for the students.

The V-TEL videoconferencing equipment in McGurrin 110 is capable of connection speed of up to 384Kbps. The room is equipped with 31 Pentium II desktop computers, a document camera, 3 TV monitors, a VCR, and a ceiling mounted video projector. There is network connectivity for both the videoconferencing equipment and all the desktop computers in the room. All TVs are connected to the campus cable TV network.

There is another V-TEL videoconference facility on campus located in McGurrin 213. The room is equipped with a document camera,

Another high tech room, minus the videoconferencing capability is Hyland 102. It has an amphitheater feel and is equipped with 45 wireless laptops. The instructor has access to a desktop computer, DVD, document camera, CD, VCR, video camera, all controllable from a touch panel display. The different sources can be projected on the large front screen or on the two side plasma displays.

There are multiple classrooms on campus that are defined as multimedia classrooms due to the existence of an instructor station housing a desktop computer and a VCR, a ceiling mounted video projector, network connectivity, and access to the campus cable TV network. Some of these classrooms have a document camera and instructor laptop connectivity.