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Building for the Future
The USC Davis School Announces New Renovations as Part of the University’s Distance Learning and Technology Enhanced Learning Initiatives

By Athan Bezaitis

As part of the campus-wide Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and Distance Learning (DL) initiatives, the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology is adding a state-of-the-art capture room and undergoing structural enhancements to the Davis Auditorium.  The renovations will provide top-of-the-line equipment that will bolster the School’s pioneering online Masters Program and enrich the learning environment for students and instructors alike.  Both facilities will be operational by the start of the fall 2006 semester. 
“The cutting-edge technology will foster interaction between students and faculty,” says Maria Henke, Director of Communications at the USC Davis School.

“This is a great opportunity for the School of Gerontology to take the lead on integrating the University’s new TEL and DL initiatives,” said Dr. John Walsh, Director of the USC Davis School.  "We were one of the first programs at USC to offer courses on-line and now it’s time to update them to meet the capabilities offered by new technologies.”

The capture room will be the first official classroom located within the USC Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center.  It will feature two viewscreens, a virtual work station and a control room through which instructors will be able to communicate with staffers in order to seamlessly display multimedia.  Students will be encouraged to bring their laptops to connect to the internet through wireless technology.  Courses can be viewed live from a remote location or downloaded instantly for on-the-go use. 

The capture room, near the beginning of construction. When completed, it will feature two viewscreens, a virtual work station and a control room. The Leonard Davis Auditorium will feature even more technological advances.

“The cutting-edge technology will foster interaction between students and faculty,” said Maria Henke, Director of Communications at the USC Davis School.  “Students will have better access to course content, lectures and special presentations.”

The Leonard Davis Auditorium, with a capacity of over 220 people, will soon be a cutting-edge, technologically enhanced lecture hall.  Upgrades will offer digital video recording of class lectures, guest speakers and special events.    Enhanced video capabilities will also enable the capturing and distribution of podcasts, live or on-demand web casts, video-teleconferencing and audio conferencing.  All web content will be produced in-house in a TV style studio.

“The technological upgrades rolling out this fall will strengthen our already stellar online curriculum and offer more resources to help keep the USC Davis School at the forefront of gerontology research for years to come,” said Dean Elizabeth Zelinski, USC Davis School.

 

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The capture room has been under construction for much of the summer. It will be fully operational this August.

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