We provide services for online learning. The studio classrooms are in EERC B45, MEEM 111 and Rekhi Hall G005/G006. The audio and video controls are operated by ETS staff in a separate control room so the instructor can concentrate on course content. Classes taught in the studio are recorded with a live class so the remote students receive the same lecture as on Campus.

For information on policies and procedures for usage, click here.

Instructor's guidelines for teaching in the Distance Learning Studios. (.doc)    (.pdf)

Studio Classroom

The MEEM 111 studio has seating for 96 students. The EERC B45 studio has seating for 49 students. Rekhi Hall G005/G006 studios seat 40 each.The teaching console includes an area for visuals, and several television screens for monitoring graphics, program output, and the teleprompter.

MEEM 1111 Control Room

Instructors, presenters, and guest speakers wear wireless microphones. Up to four wireless microphones can be used at the same time. Questions and comments from students in the classroom are recorded by microphones mounted in the ceiling.

Classes taught in the studio classroom are recorded using four permanently mounted cameras in the studio. The instructor and the students are recorded with the three cameras, and the fourth overhead camera records the visuals.

Studio Control

The studio control room is where ETS personnel control the video and audio production equipment. Cameras are controlled remotely, and video and audio is mixed and recorded. Computers, digital recorders, and other equipment is also housed here and used during productions.

Studio Classroom Technology

There is no chalkboard in the studio. Everything that would be written on a chalkboard in a regular classroom is done on a standard 8 1/2" x 11", landscape piece of paper under the overhead camera. Any computer can be brought into the studio classroom and intergrated into the system in order to display and record computer graphics or simulations. The studio classroom is connected to Michigan Tech's computer network to allow Internet access.