Kim , Vice President Advanced Platforms Group at HP , leads efforts for Immersive Computing and HP ’ s Home of the Future , contributed five Sprout Pros for Yale students to conduct the experimental projects now being carried out by students and professors of art , architecture , neurology , and more .
HP Doug Warner presenting to Yale Information Technology Services team
explores the frontiers of VR , AR and 3D in higher education at a world top 10 university ,” shared Schmedlen . “ We are very encouraged by the early progress on the instructional and research innovations and look forward to publishing the results this fall .”
This partnership underscores HP ’ s continuing efforts to maximize learning outcomes , with a focus on planning , leadership , and total access to content for always-on , always-connected teaching , research , and learning .
Strengthening HP ’ s education brand
The project aims to explore how Yale faculty , researchers , and student use blended reality to push the frontiers of STEM and the humanities . It ’ s one of the ways HP invests in bleeding edge technology for classrooms , building a brand — especially for workstations , PC procurement partnerships , and immersive computing — on campuses while we also seek deep customer insights at a world top 10 university .
Aiming for deep customer insights through projects at Yale is natural , given long-standing and mutually beneficial relationships between HP and the United States ’ third-oldest university . HP CMO Antonio Lucio has served on the advisory board for Yale ’ s Center for Customer Insights and is slated to speak at Yale in mid-April .
Doug Warner , VP and Global Head of Tech Vision and Strategy at HP , was also at Yale recently , giving two talks to packed audiences for Yale Information Technology Services ( ITS ) on the topic future trends and the spirit of disruptive innovation . Doug was honored to be the guest lecturer at the Branford College Tea , a very special tradition at Yale , and spent the entire day on campus engaging with Yale faculty , staff , and students ; talking and planning with Yale ’ s Education Industry Solutions team on the theme of Classroom of the Future .
Sprout Pros at Yale
HP ’ s signature Classroom of the Future and Campus of the Future are two efforts to explore possible uses of blended reality technology across AR , VR , and 3D printing . Louis
HP and Yale will be publishing the final results of the projects in October 2017 at the EDUCAUSE Higher Education conference in Philadelphia . That report will be printed on an HP Indigo digital press , of course .
HP is involved with many other education initiatives and partnerships as well , such as Reinvent the Classroom , a joint program with Microsoft that includes Digital Promise Global and its network of Learning Studios for student-centered , experiential learning . Learning Studios in 60 schools around the world support advanced blended learning , international collaboration , and the maker movement in education .
The importance of education can hardly be overstated — education is the single most important determining factor in human , social , and economic development , including gender equality , life expectancy , maternal deaths , and combating disease .
HP ’ s commitment to education goes beyond market share . Educations is linked to vital human rights worldwide . Working closely with leading education institutions around the globe , HP is bringing learning into the digital age , empowering the students of today and tomorrow , and reinventing education as we know it . •
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Gus Schmedlen , Vice President of Worldwide Education at HP , directs HP ’ s education strategy , solution development , marketing and channels .
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Randall Rode , Director of Campus IT Partner Relationship and Development , Information Technology Services , Yale University .
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18 Innovation Journal · Issue 6 · Spring 2017