Seven years into the plan of making every classroom fully electronic, Ball State is using the latest technology to provide students with a new way of learning.
Electronic classrooms enhance students' learning process by allowing them to view digital media on large screens and providing more teacher-student interaction.
E-classrooms are equipped with computer, data projector, document camera, VCR and Web access. There are 160 e-classrooms on campus.
One hundred and thirty-five classrooms on campus use Virtual Information Systems. VIS includes everything an e-classroom has and is able to receive on-demand and live streaming video.
"Technology enables us to truly enhance the teaching process," Howard O'Neal Smitherman, vice president for information technology said. "Teachers and students both need to understand and take advantage of the move into digital technology."
Professors can learn how to use the technology in their classrooms through the VIS booking desk, at 285-9136.
Professors using this technology on campus understand the importance of preparing students for their futures.
In addition to what the e-classroom and VIS have to offer, Ball State also has a variety of top-of-the-line media equipment allowing students to gain more education.
"Students who graduate from Ball State will not be in the dark when they leave," James Shasky, telecommunications instructor, said.
Shasky said the equipment available is more advanced than most professional media, which will make Ball State students leaders in the technology world.
Smitherman said Ball State remains on the edge of new technologies. He added that the university still wishes to place the basic technology in every classroom, including large screens in every room. Currently 170 rooms have large screens.
"By the end of the summer we will have a wireless connection to every building on campus," he said.
This new wireless connection will allow quick access to the Internet and a number of other applications that are not bandwidth intensive.
"With Ball State's advances in digital technology, we are now able to personalize the media in ways we couldn't even think about before," Smitherman said.
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