HP Innovation Journal Issue 10: Fall 2018 | Page 27
generation of learners equipped to thrive in a changing world. HP is
working with institutions around the globe to meet common challenges
around student success, academic reputation, operational efficiency and
security and risk management. THE YALE UNIVERSITY BLENDED
REALITY PROJECT
Can universities improve learning outcomes
by leveraging alternate realities?
Last fall, at the EDUCAUSE 2017 Annual Conference in Pennsylvania,
HP introduced “Campus of the Future,” a strategic framework that moves
from device focus to learning experience. It is designed for today’s
millennials to encompass maker spaces, virtual reality and design labs,
and fabrication facilities. Over the past year, HP has supported
Yale University in its pursuit of
instructional, artistic and research
innovation through the university’s
Blended Reality program. Yale’s faculty,
The framework was created to support next-generation experiences for
students while equipping them with technology to pursue their passion.
It also is designed to help institutions meet enormous challenges in four
key areas:
STUDENT SUCCESS
Statistics are collected on academic engagement and performance,
graduation rates and employability. Educators and students equipped with
current, relevant tools and curriculum can support strong success rates.
ACADEMIC REPUTATION
Over 85% of the highest-achieving students use university rankings in order
to decide where to attend. Helping higher-education institutions create
next-generation learning environments enhances their reputation and
attracts students, faculty, grants and funding.
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Sustainable funding is a worry for university CIOs, even those with rich
resources. HP’s focus on affordability and performance helps advance
and evolve IT as a competitive and sustainable advantage.
MANAGING SECURITY RISK
Research universities are increasingly attractive targets for hackers, with
millions of hacking attempts per week. One stark example: the University
of Wisconsin faces over 100,000 hacking attempts per day. It’s estimated
that 13% of all hacking attempts are occurring at higher-education
institutions, and attack rates were up 103% in the first half of 2017 over
the second half of 2016. As a security industry leader with the world’s
most secure computing and printing solutions, HP is a strong partner to
universities—as we are with business—in securing assets in a constantly
changing threat landscape.
staff and students awed the HP team
by executing an intensely interesting
array of projects across the spectrum
of 3D technologies, from virtual reality
to 3D printing. The results have been
delightfully surprising—we did not
expect Yale Peabody Preparators to
“Reinvent Taxidermy” using Sprout
Pro and 3D printing. We did not expect
School of Architecture faculty and
students to “Reinvent Public Restrooms”
to incorporate the needs of a broad
range of differently embodied people of
all ages, genders, religions and physical
capacities. Another project used
Blended Reality tools to help students
explore how identity is constructed
and ways in which the sense of self is
mediated by technologies and media.
Still another explored how thoughts and
emotions might be converted into 3D
representations using a tool created for
the project called “MindDesign,” which
was designed to generate physical
objects from cognitive activity.
By all accounts, the experimentation
and research across a broad range
of projects was successful. Based on
the success of Yale’s research, HP will
expand our 3D-applied research agenda
to other areas on Yale’s campus and
additional institutions. Using the Year 1
Blended Reality program template, HP
and EDUCAUSE have created a global
research network aimed at helping
institutions conduct pioneering projects
in 3D. This new research network is
part of a larger set of investments HP is
making in higher education to create the
Campus of the Future: a vibrant, secure
and sustainable vision for teaching,
learning, research and collaboration.
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