Presentations

Designing Classroom Systems that Deliver Exceptional Learning Experiences

Andrew J. Milne, Ph.D., CEO, Tidebreak

Presented at INFOCOMM15
Orlando, FL / June, 2015

Students’ schemas for “taking a class” and “going to class” have permanently changed and will continue to evolve in the next decade. Students already expect online access to high-quality learning content from a variety of devices, and they are coming to expect that class time will be spent engaged in active learning, not passive listening. To meet these expectations, AV professionals will need to design learning space systems that facilitate full-participation experiences for faculty and students and that embrace the variety of devices found in today’s BYOD environments. This session will consider the elements needed for exceptional learning experiences and discuss how traditional, transitional, and transformational technologies will play a role in delivering such experiences in active learning spaces.

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Forcasting the Future of IT

Andrew J. Milne, Ph.D., CEO, Tidebreak

Invited Keynote at INFOCOMM 100
Portland, OR / September, 2011

100 business leaders across various disciplines of the professional AV industry, including integrators, distributors, manufacturers, consultants and independent programmers came together to exchange ideas during the InfoComm 100 event in Portland, Oregon in September 2011. Thematically centered on the growing convergence of AV and IT, the event also covered a diversity of business topics including relationship management, identifying soft and hard business trends and overall AV industry concerns.

Dr. Milne gave this keynote talk in conjunction with a companion presentation, “The Future of AV,” by Mark Valenti, President of The Sextant Group. Together the two presenters explored recent trends in technology convergence, user expectations, industry strategic shifts, and emerging market opportunities to forecast the future of technology as it pertains to supporting human communication needs.

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