Onondaga Community College’s eye-catching learning spaces was recognized recently for its outstanding work. Holt Architects received an award from the Organization of the American Institute of Architects for its innovate redesign of a classroom in Ferrante Hall. Professor Furney said, “We want to have classrooms and work-spaces which encourage more than just sitting in a row and staring at the professor the whole time. This space is perfect for that.” The technology includes: * Two electronic, interactive Microsoft Whiteboards which can be fully matrixed with 7 other monitors in the classroom. * Crestron AirMedia which allows a laptop to be wirelessly connected to the network of monitors. * Glass boards instead of standard dry erase boards. * Four pan, tilt, zoom cameras mounted to the ceiling along with multiple microphones which can be used for web conferencing. * Assistive Listening. * A document camera in the ceiling.

Frey Hall 119 is an active learning classroom. It has 32 work stations, that can hold 6 students each. Each station has a Dell computer, 42″ 4K monitor, mouse and keyboard. Students and faculty can also share content throughout the room, using the Mirror 360 app, from the work station or their own personal device. There are also 16 dual sided, standing huddle boards and 36 personal white boards.

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Over twenty years ago, Oneonta built a fieldhouse to accommodate a variety of events including various sporting events, concerts, Commencements, Open Houses, and speeches. At the time, the AV department was not consulted about either sound or projection in the space, although almost every event held in there requires one or both. Continue reading Oneonta’s Fieldhouse Sound/Projection System →