UTS Lecture Centre Canberra

Uni­ver­si­ty of Canberra’s years of searching for a 21st century lectern solution ends thanks to Gilkon’s UTS Lectern Centre.

The Challenge

Teaching and Learning staff­ at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Canberra had been on the hunt for a lectern solution that would meet the needs of today’s col­lab­o­ra­tive teaching styles.

Teaching staff­ wanted flex­i­bil­i­ty, mobility and sim­plic­i­ty. The AV Team wanted adequate ven­ti­la­tion for the IT equipment and Estate Man­age­ment wanted aesthetic appeal. For over two years they searched until quite by accident they stumbled across a possible solution at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy Sydney.

The question was how could they make it theirs?

The Solution

UTS’s lectern centre is free­stand­ing and can be used for a standard pre­sen­ta­tion or in a breakout space, requiring only power. It can be elec­tron­i­cal­ly raised to lectern height or lowered, allowing teaching staff­ and students to sit for more col­lab­o­ra­tive-style in­ter­ac­tion. Gilkon brought their know-how to the design and ensured that the com­po­nents were easy to man­u­fac­ture and that the man­u­fac­tur­ing process would be cost efficient. Dale Arnull, AV Project Manager expounds, “UTS were a great partner in the pro­to­typ­ing process. Their designer was com­plete­ly open to our requested man­u­fac­tur­ing and design changes.”

The result is a lectern centre that meets the teaching staff­’s need for mobility and flex­i­bil­i­ty. Some units are even designed to pivot for modern learning spaces where the room may be con­fig­ured in many diff­erent ways. The centre also caters easily for teachers and students with special needs.

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