Tidebreak

Learn how some world-class organizations are using Tidebreak’s products to transform the nature of interactive learning on their campuses.

Queensland University of Technology

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is working with other institutions in Australia to pattern new forms of flexible learning spaces that minimize cost while maximizing interaction capabilities for students and faculty. Tidebreak’s software products are taking a central role in this effort.

In December 2007 the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) deployed thirty (30) TeamSpot licenses across various learning spaces for Law, Business, and general students. Students adopted the technology quickly, and demand for TeamSpot was strong. In 2009 QUT is significantly increasing the density of TeamSpot installations under a 3-year campus site license agreement. ITS leaders will also pilot ClassSpot and ClassSpot PBL in several formal classrooms and may deploy ClassSpot in 175 spaces during the second semester in 2009.

View a presentation about the initial installations by Dr. Geoff Mitchell of QUT.

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San Jose State University’s Incubator Classroom

San Jose State University’s award-winning Incubator Classroom is a cornerstone of a 10,000 square foot Academic Success Center designed to fulfill part of the University’s “Vision 2010” initiative. Leaders at the University wanted to provide learning spaces that engaged students by helping them to connect with each other during class. Tidebreak’s ClassSpot is the central collaborative software infrastructure that tied together multiple technologies in the Incubator space to facilitate in-class participation; it was a critical ingredient that ensured the success of the classroom project.

Read the full case study here.

University of Washington

Students at the University of Washington funded multiple TeamSpot installations to create Collaboration Studios where they could meet together for team projects. Read about the success of these installations in an article published on the Campus Technology website on January 30, 2008.

Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Leaders at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business know that business education’s transformation reflects the changing realities of the 21st Century workplace. Competitive pressures call for rapid innovation across diverse, globally distributed teams, and students need to prepare to succeed in this new environment. The school has responded in a dramatic way by building a new state-of-the-art facility that will, “…create an optimal environment for the school’s team-based learning that bridges theory and practice and encourages greater collaboration.”

Tidebreak’s TeamSpot software has transformed how student teams can work together before the walls of the school’s new building were even in place. Installed in several rooms set aside for group work, TeamSpot helped pattern new work practices that will be enabled in the new facility.

Read the full case study here.