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Outline of Possible Synchronous Solutions and Experiences in Order to Supply Large Groups of Students with Learning Content in Classroom and Mixed Classroom/Distance Scenarios

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Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education (ICL 2021)

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Universities are regularly confronted with the challenge to increase student numbers in order e.g. to receive more base funding from the state. Depending on the actual amount of students increase, this includes normally a number of tough challenges for the university. One of the most demanding issues occurs, when the amount of students exceeds the maximum capacity of the biggest lecture room, hence making it impossible to easily give frontal lectures anymore. In this case literally two options exist: either the problem is solved organizationally or technically. In this paper, we will point out three technical solutions to solve the problem without the necessity to increase personnel costs, not having to extend existing room capacities or significantly change the curriculum planning. We will point out solutions capable of supporting classroom but also hybrid and pure distance scenarios. We will further outline the requirements on these scenarios, possible use cases, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the scenarios, and share our experiences on the planning and implementation.

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Rehatschek, H. (2022). Outline of Possible Synchronous Solutions and Experiences in Order to Supply Large Groups of Students with Learning Content in Classroom and Mixed Classroom/Distance Scenarios. In: Auer, M.E., Hortsch, H., Michler, O., Köhler, T. (eds) Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education. ICL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 389. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93904-5_52

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