At Royal Roads University we have always had a significant online teaching and learning component. As the pandemic hit, programs that had always been on-campus had to shift online and, as we gradually returned sudden COVID surges often forced some of us back online. In the academic world after the pandemic RRU has blended programs where many students are happy to take their residency component online. We also continue to be sensitive about transmission of respiratory illnesses on campus and encourage students to stay home if not feeling well.
To support these scenarios Royal Roads embarked on a project to upgrade classrooms for hybrid learning. In our model this would be classes where some students were present in the classroom and some were joining via Zoom. We wanted a setup where a single instructor could teach to both groups simultaneously, and where both groups could see and hear each other, as well as the instructor and any teaching materials.
In this session, I will describe the design solutions RRU landed on and the successful adoption of these rooms for teaching and learning.
