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HSPV NRW, North Rhine-Westphalia, : State-of-the art learning spaces

WolfVision Cynap and VZ-8neo Visualizers are used at HSPV NRW for high quality on-screen display of both digital and phsical lesson content materials.

orth Rhine-West- neral Administration or , Herne, , each room, with BYOD phalia Universi- Pension Insurance, and Mühlheim an der Ruhr, (bring your own device) Nty for Police and the sixth is for the Police and Münster. Audio vi- capability, plus options Public Administration department. All theory is sual equipment in more for online learning, and (HSPV NRW), with over taught at the University, than 200 classrooms of room-to-room streaming. 12,000 students is the combined with practical different sizes has been Centralized remote ma- largest institution of its training which takes place upgraded, transforming nagement was required, kind in Germany, offe- at the student’s respecti- the existing rooms into together with excellent ring 6 bachelor degree ve places of work. HSPV state-of-the-art lear- levels of service and sup- programs and a separate NRW headquarters is lo- ning spaces. The requi- port. master’s degree (MPM cated in , rement was for uniform “A decisive criterion when Master of Public Ma- with other study loca- provision of modern, choosing the media tech- nagement). Five of these tions in , , easy to use equipment nology was the BYOD are categorized as Ge- , , with identical controls in capability, as students

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are increasingly bringing There was also increasing on systems and VZ-8neo their own electronic de- demand from the lectur- Visualizers were selected vices into the classroom. ers for the ability to both for Course Rooms and It was also important to record and stream lectu- Course Room Plus class- be able to offer a system res, in order to maintain rooms. that does not require social distancing both du- In these rooms, foil-based the use of dongles or an ring and post-Covid-19. overhead projectors app to be downloaded. This also allows students were replaced by VZ- It should definitely be a to attend classes remote- 8neo Visualizers, which technology that can be ly if required. communicate with the used for all common de- HSPV NRW does not Cynap systems via USB. vices, regardless of whe- use large auditoriums or The document cameras ther iOS, Android, Win- lecture halls, and most are mounted on moto- Thomas Schröder, Leader dows or Mac, and should teaching is carried out in rized, height-adjustable Department 13.2 E-Learning enable maximum ease of small groups of around lecterns which can also use in the classrooms,“ 30 students. WolfVision’s be used by people sitting Visualizers enables high- said Thomas Schröder, all-in-one multi-functio- in wheelchairs. quality on-screen display Head of E-learning, HSPV nal Cynap wireless pre- Using Cynap systems of digital content mate- NRW. sentation and collaborati- together with VZ-8neo rials of all types, together

Course room lectern with installed WolfVision VZ-8neo Visualizer system All Photos: Copyright Jörg Küster

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with physical content which are designed for dongle-free wireless con- used there – improved such as documents, ob- approximately 10 people, nectivity for all iOS, ma- by the current experi- jects, and other items WolfVision Cynap Core cOS, Windows, Android, ence.“ In total, 191 Cynap during lessons. In-room Systems are used. BYOD and Chromebook devices units with HDBaseT Out equipment is kept to a was once again, a very is a key advantage. option were installed to- minimum, and lecture re- important consideration, Thomas Schröder added, gether with 188 VZ-8neo cording is possible in indi- and students are increa- “According to my obser- Visualizer systems. In the vidual rooms if required, singly bringing their own vations, many teachers smaller classrooms, 49 where microphones and laptops, smartphones, very much appreciate Cynap Core units were dome cameras are availa- and tablets to lectures, the fact that the HSPV installed. WolfVision is ble. H.264-coded recor- instead of pen and paper. NRW now has state-of- extremely proud to be in- dings are stored locally The University wanted to the-art media technolo- volved in this major pro- on the Cynap unit, and avoid using ‘easy-to-lose’ gy equipment. The uni- ject, and looks forward then files can be trans- dongles or the the ne- versity is growing and to providing support and ferred to a USB stick. In cessity to install apps or more buildings will be advice to this outstan- the smaller Group work additional software, and added. Our successful ding educational insti- rooms and TSK rooms Cynap/Cynap Core’s abi- new media technology tution for many years to (social skills training) lity to support app-free, concept should also be come.

Smaller groupwork rooms are equipped with Cynap Core units to facilitate app-free dongle-free BYOD wireless presentation.

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