From schools to universities, NewTek and NDI technology empower schools everywhere to reach beyond what was previously thought possible to improve student learning.
With today’s students exposed to a myriad of audio and video programming in their daily lives, educators have a challenge to update their presentation systems to increase retention of the material and make learning fun.
Today, there’s little difference between technology geared towards entertainment and technology developed for education. As the impetus to incorporate high-quality video (and audio) into teaching sessions and presentations has grown, the crossover has made for new types of interactive lessons that keep pupils engaged.
Increasingly, organizations in the education space are turning to affordable broadcast-grade solutions from NewTek and NDI to engage with students in new and comprehensive ways that ensure a positive and interactive experience for all involved.
Considerations for modernizing classrooms
The comprehensive solutions support reliable collaboration and remote access to enable contributions from other teachers and experts around the globe. More importantly, the technology must be easy to setup and familiar for students. Ease and accessibility of use for students is the top factor for educational institutions investing in video and communications systems.
The technology should also support “hybrid” learning, a trend that has found favor with students. Recent research by Mark in Style indicates that 82 percent of students prefer a blend of in-person and online teaching to a classroom-only approach. This preferred approach for students is driving institutions to move more rapidly into the online learning world.
Top tech for educators and students
NewTek solutions — complemented by NDI technology—have identified this need for modern-style lessons and have targeted product development for the Education market with technology that makes the most sense—from both a cost and ease-of-use standpoint. These innovations include the NewTek TriCaster® family of all-in-one systems, NDI-enabled PTZ cameras and routers, and 3D animations and graphics systems.
As an affordable and multifaceted media production solution, the NewTek TriCaster covers a lot of bases for staff and students. In addition to traditional video production tools, it also offers specialized software apps like Live Story Creator, which provides educators a new way to develop lessons that profoundly impact students.
Flexibility, connectivity, easy – NDI
The choice of NDI as a versatile connectivity platform has helped educational institutions upgrade their existing facilities to allow production spaces to be more flexible. Over an NDI network, a video server in one classroom could feed several others in the building or across the world simultaneously.
As one educator states, “NDI offered us the flexibility and connectivity to develop our facilities and bring together the two previously separate campuses to operate as one.”
Another critical tool, NDI Bridge, provides software-defined encrypted gateways to allow connectivity over Wide Area Networks (WANs) and even the public internet. Once enabled, AV-over-IP feeds and AV-Over-IT devices share peer-to-peer as though they were in front of you, on campus, or even at home if desired.
NewTek + NDI enable the future of education Further helping educators achieve their instructional goals, NewTek provides information resources and training opportunities through its NewTek University, which offers exclusive interactive online training.
Moving to a whole new way of delivering education and ensuring that learners are engaged requires a new mindset and the technology to match. NewTek and NDI provide cost-effective, easy-to-use and scalable solutions that can adapt to the fast-paced world of education and be welcomed by both teachers and students alike—in the classroom and from home.