Johannes Kepler University Linz takes hybrid teaching to a new level

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid education concepts have experienced an enormous upswing. Today, students expect lectures or seminars via live broadcast just as office workers expect the online vitural meetings. The only difference is that a special challenge arises in the university: After all, the lecture must be recorded in such a way that the elements that are relevant for the students always remain in the picture, and these elements change in each case. This can be the lecturer, their facial expressions and gestures, which make the recording livelier, but often it is also the blackboard image, which must be captured in a clearly visible way.

Those responsible at JKU already used a camera in the past, but it had to be controlled via touchpad by a third person or the individual lecturer. This was a bridge solution that made it difficult to always capture the optimal image section. At the same time, it made it difficult for the lecturers to concentrate fully on teaching.