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The pandemic meant many schools, colleges and universities – as well as businesses – turned to technology to deliver lessons and training. These changes look set to stay, which presents opportunities for dealers
hen the pandemic
notes, the move towards using technology to
don’t just want to deliver PowerPoints, but live
hit last year many
deliver learning had been ongoing for the
video and conversation,” says Chris.
children and young
past four-to-five years.
people were told not to attend school. It
“In relation to training rooms – and
“The pandemic has accelerated this,”
universities have been doing this for a while,
he says. “A lot of companies were looking
and have pushed it forward quite a bit – they
also meant that training in businesses, often
at things like distance learning, and schools
are still set up as traditional training spaces, but
done in one room, was cancelled.
had created some online systems that kids
they add additional equipment such as mics
could do bitesize work on, but the idea
and cameras so all sessions can be recorded.
But learning had to continue, and ways were quickly found around the
of training people remotely to save on
lockdown restrictions, often involving the
travel time hadn’t been pushed that hard
boxes to allow you to stream material to
use of technology to livestream lessons
on. The pandemic has brought it forward
multiple platforms. For example, you can
online. Now the restrictions are starting to
considerably and, having had to do it, they
do a presentation and stream it directly
ease - but educators are looking to retain
have realised how efficient it can be.”
to YouTube so everyone can watch the
this new technology alongside more traditional methods. As Chris Southern, general sales manager for enterprise solutions at Midwich,
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As more education establishments and
“What has been added recently are the
presentation, and we can put live graphics
businesses move to digital solutions, they
over the top of it. This is becoming
require the equipment to deliver lessons or
increasingly popular.”
training as effectively as possible. “People now
The equipment educators use are
