Thanks to the HyFlex@isae-supaero system, professors can offer their courses in the classroom and post them for remote viewing live or later, very simply.
The students at ISAE-SUPAERO come from all around the world to take very high-quality courses and enjoy an exceptional campus. Contacts with the professors and researchers, the laboratories and the scientific equipment are the cornerstones of the teaching programs that the Institute offers.
The students at ISAE-SUPAERO are increasingly seeking flexibility in their learning experience. They want to be able to follow their courses even when they can’t attend or are running late, or to be able to go back to them some time later to better understand them. The current health situation caused by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the implementation of these approaches for the students when they can’t attend or when there are quotas for access to the classroom.
The HyFlex@isae-supaero system simplifies the use of flexible, hybrid pedagogical scenarios: conventional course sessions focused on the students present in the classroom and others who have remote access to the course. They are for all teaching staff, whether avid digital learning practitioners or newcomers to the technique. No software has to be installed on the professor’s laptop – it can be used with the video projector as usual. Its simple architecture is essentially based on free components and can be used to equip many rooms on campus.
Face-to-face classroom work is rich and interactive and can make use of all the peripheral devices that the HyFlex system has to offer to enhance the learning experience.
Everything projected on the video projector in the room can be captured and transmitted remotely with a high-performance web conferencing system that allows interaction. Even students who couldn’t attend can benefit from the course!
It is now possible to watch courses in your curriculum several days later. Useful for understanding them better or for studying!
The classroom can transmit courses by a professor who is in another room on campus or on the other side of the world!
Special care has been taken to ensure the HyFlex@isae-supaero system’s user friendliness. For the professor to record and transmit a course or for the student to follow the course live or later on, all it takes is a few simple steps.
At some points during the course, it is useful just to have the professor’s presence. A close-up of the professor can be shown.
A composition of sources can be selected, such as the professor’s PC and the camera or the tablet computer and the camera, or all three sources together.
Moments of interaction can be facilitated by displaying a matrix of the remote learners connected to the course and interacting with them.
Several scenes are proposed for a moment of privacy or to announce a short break.
The HyFlex@isae-supaero system is integrated into a secured ergonomic console.
As a professor I took part in the first HyFlex@isae-supaero development iterations. In the context of a continuing education course given with a few interns in attendance and one in the US, we have used the system regularly and it is very practical and useful for this hybrid course.”
We designed the HyFlex@isae-supaero system to be usable by our permanent teaching staff, but also by our many contract teachers. An agile, user-oriented approach was applied to produce a first operational prototype. A number of iterations led to the definition of the equipment that has now been deployed in nearly 40 rooms on campus.
HyFlex@isae-supaero, a Flexible, Hybrid approach to courses.
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