Higher Ed AV Podcast

Rob Hyde, AV Manager, at the University of Bath UK joins the show discussing classroom and event operations, deploying spaces, including a great method for getting faculty trained (hint: ask for their time at a place they'll all be present), the LITEbox, and most importantly our common allegiance to Aston Villa. P.s., if you ever wanted to get yourself on the podcast, just follow Rob's method. This episode is sponsored by Sound Productions at SoundPro.com.

Alin Vrancila, Director of Educational Initiatives at Moody Bible Institute, joins the podcast. We discuss his new course design tool, Ready for Online, as well as give a shout out to Grain for Pain and ProducingU. We even try to find out who his all time favorite student is. This episode is sponsored by Sound Productions.

Raul Burriel, Streaming Media Coordinator from Oregon State University and the Northwest Managers of Educational Technology Conference joins the podcast. We discuss the recent classroom innovations at OSU including the LINC "classroom in the round" as well as the upcoming NW/MET conference on April 16-19, 2019, in Las Vegas.

Chris Neto and Mark Coxon takeover the podcast to help Joe Way and BC Hatchett break the news about HETMA, the Higher Education Technology Managers Alliance, a forum for the advocacy of higher education in the AV industry that they have founded. Learn more about it here.

Daniel Meakin, Live Sound Lecturer and Events Management Module Leader at the Nexus Institute of Creative Arts in Coventry, UK, joins the podcast. Hear about servicing AV needs from both the end user and tech manager sides, the challenges of BYOD and their solution, and their unique rental method for ensuring top of the line equipment for the student body. 

Jason Railton from Notre Dame joins the podcast to discuss ND Studios and the AV oversight from classrooms to football games. Here how they categorize their classrooms into "Core" groupings.

In this episode, Jonathan Lord, Classroom & Event Technology Manager, from Azusa Pacific University (@AzusaPacific) joins to discuss AV and event management. Hear how they handle a split campus, oh and a lockdown?

Jim Pierret (Carleton College) and Rodney Fillmore (St. Catherine University) join the podcast to talk about upcoming the Midwest College and University AV Summit v6.0 happening at Winona State University on Thur and Fri, March 14–15, 2019, in Winona, MN. We talk of the importance of building and connecting to your community of local higher ed AV professionals, the conference, and what you can expect as an attendee. I will also be presenting the keynote address on "More than Black Boxes."

Jesse House, Assistant Director, Digital Media, from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (@NJIT) joins the podcast to discuss AV at NJIT. Oh, and electro-acoustics? Check him out on instagram @instant_photons. 

10-Minute Take: Dante AV. Audinate's (@Audinate) Senior Product Marketing Manager, Brad Price, joins us to discuss the big announcement.

Joe talks to manufacturers and attendees of the largest trade show for the music industry to discuss what's new at NAMM 2019. Hear quick takes from: Allen & Heath, Audinate, Blue Microphones, Bose, DPA Microphones, Nexus Institute of Creative Arts, Nord Keyboards, QSC (with the great Cory Schaeffer), Sennheiser, Shure, Solid State Logic, Soundmarker, Sound Productions, Yamaha, and Zoom Recorders.

Bonus content! As a follow up to our conversation with Jim and Tyler from Utah State, we invite Alexa to show off her skills.

Jim Wellings and Tyler Clair from Utah State University join the podcast to discuss their voice control proof-of-concept room. Hear how they are harnessing the power of Alexa and Amazon to create integrated classroom spaces.

Nathan Paterson CTS from Scotland and recent transplant to Australia joins the show. We talk AV from his former institution and the global state of the AV industry.

I'm not at CES this year, but I know a lot of random end users and tech-philes are. What are your thoughts on consumer grade electronics in higher ed installs? Do you leverage the lower costs? Here's my 10 minute take.