EDTech 76: Globalization AV & Education

Playing Nice With Others

Summer is unfortunately winding down, which means a big shift for educators and integrators and manufacturers in the higher edcuation space. We discuss what’s going on around our campuses and get into some stories about the AV industry and how they relate to higher education.

We discuss the globalization of AV and how it pertains to the education sector. Is there a place for smaller AV companies in the midst of these global powers?

Audinate announces a new Dante AV Module with AV over IP features. Looking at the details of this new model and how it can be utilized within the classroom.

Host: Bill O’Donnell Guests:  

Gina Sansivero – Atlas IED Gaeson Taylor – Drexel

Links to sources:

Commercial Integrator – Expansion of global AV AVNation – New Dante AV Module from Audinate and Patton Electronics

Bill O’Donnell hosts one of the longest running AVNation podcasts, EDTech. This podcast is for audiovisual tech managers, by higher education tech managers. The monthly podcast gathers education audiovisual veterans to discuss the news that impacts them, their campuses, and the commercial integrators that serve them and their institutions. Each month our panel of guests provides their perspective on new products and the news in the audiovisual industry and how those stories concern technology in education.

O’Donnell has been in the audiovisual industry for over 15 years. His experience has taken him from his New Jersey home to the middle east and back again. He has worked for global AV dealers, multi-national defense contractors, and higher education institutions. Bill leads a band of tech managers who have made the transition analog to digital over the last thirty years. He is also heavily involved in the comic book industry volunteering at comic shows across the United States and the globe. O’Donnell is an amateur glass blower.