The Base School located in Alcobendas, Madrid, is committed to the hybrid education model as one of the remedies to alleviate the incidence of COVID19 in the education of our country thanks to the AV solutions of the Laia brand designed by and for the hybrid education of schools. An educational modality that, in the words of Jose Manuel Sanz, technology teacher at the center, is presented as an "immediate future" for schools in our country.
According to Jose Manuel Sanz, hybrid hybrid education is "knowing how to complement, without leaving the educational center, the face-to-face part with the online part". In addition, with the implementation of hybrid educationIn addition, with the implementation of hybrid education, "students must know how to work with their peers in a classroom setting, but they must also know how to do so in an online context".
A model that has in the use of technology its fundamental pillar on which to base its mission: to maximize the experience and knowledge of the student merging the positive things that online education offers without forgetting the importance of the socializing work of the educational center.
"Our goal from the beginning was to reproduce most of the school's dynamics in an online environment, which we were already doing, but not with the intensity required at the moment," said Manuel Bellón, director of Colegio Base.
And it is precisely here where the importance of having good equipment that allows the realization of this educational modality arises. In this case, the Base School of Alcobendas has opted for one of the most complete solutions for classrooms on the market: Laia's hybrid classroom solutions, installed by the integrator OneVite.
Audiovisual solutions for hybrid education
Experts in AV solutions, the Spanish brand Laia has recently introduced to the market a set of audiovisual solutions designed by and for hybrid training. Solutions that are divided mainly into two types of equipment: cameras and microphones.
High quality equipment that, together with our favorite videoconferencing service (such as Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom or goFacing, among many others), allows us to broadcast our classes in FullHD and with clear sound so that students who are following the class online can see their teacher as if they were in the classroom itself.
In addition, and as a highlight of the Laia equipment, we have the so-called "presets". These "presets" are camera configurations preset by the teacher so that, with a simple button, the Laia camera performs a close-up of the teacher's table, a shot of the blackboard or a selective focus of any area of the classroom, among other possibilities.
In this way, students will be able to follow their classes in FullHD as if they were in the classroom itself, achieving a complete educational experience thanks to Laiatech's hybrid classroom solutions. A technology that facilitates the work of teachers, who simply press a button for the camera to do what the teacher wants.
The learner experience in hybrid education
As we can see, the transformation to a hybrid classroom represents a huge step forward with respect to the traditional classroom, making the hybrid classroom an all-rounder capable of ensuring the student's educational experience, regardless of the place from where he/she follows the classes: from the educational center or online.
According to studies by West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 64% of the students in the sample said that they felt more engaged with hybrid education than with face-to-face training.
In short, hybrid education is no longer the future, but has become the present of education. According to Jose Manuel Sanz, this is an educational modality that needs to be introduced to students from a very early age, achieving an "educational experience that prepares students for a present and a future where technology and teleworking are the order of the day".
