CHALLENGE

MCA was seeking a high-quality, cost-effective way to implement the collaborative classroom concept across member schools, developing interactive environments that closely replicate the personalized faculty-student experience.

MCA’s early experience with video conferencing was that it was too complex and expensive for widespread deployment. But the prospect of extending more courses to a wider pool of students motivated them to try again with the current generation of technology.

SOLUTION

MCA evaluated several video conferencing tools from Logitech and Google as part of a pilot at Alma College. The prototype collaborative classroom included Logitech MeetUp and the PTZ Pro 2 Camera plus Google Jamboard interactive whiteboards linked together on the Google Hangouts Meet collaboration platform.