The Technion and Monash University of Australia launch a series of joint lectures using advanced multimedia equipment
The Technion and Monash University of Australia have launched a series of joint lectures, facilitated by the installation of advanced multimedia equipment by TNN Telecom. Monash University is the largest university in the southern hemisphere.
The advanced multimedia system, a gift from the Technion Society of Australia, has been set up in a lecture room in the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management. The lecture series is focused on materials engineering and the use of different materials in aeronautics, and on systems engineering and information systems.
With the opening of the new academic year, the first lecture was given by Prof. Dov Dori, on conceptual modeling and managing systems complexity. The lecturer stood in front of his Israeli class and on screens in front of him saw his Australian class. Both the Israeli students and the Australian students saw him standing and lecturing to them and their interaction was that of a regular classroom in which all the students are present. The sound and picture quality were excellent. The system that had been installed includes a digital video system, an advanced sound system and a digital presentation system. A unique touch screen is installed in the lecturer’s stand and the lecturer can draw on this screen using an electronic pen. What he or she draws is recorded and transmitted to all the students as a supplement to the lecture.
The Dean of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management in the Technion, Prof. Boaz Golany, said that the Technion and the Faculty that he heads intend to strengthen their relations with Monash University and that the cutting-edge equipment opens a wealth of new opportunities and shortens the great geographic distance.
Above: Prof. Golany (on the right) and Prof. Dori (on the left) launching the lecture series, in front of lecturers and students at Monash University. Photo by: Yoav Bechar, Technion Spokesman