The Last People In The Room The spring semester is starting up again, which means it’s time discuss the latest news in AV and how it affects the higher education space. Hot off the presses of Integrated Systems Europe 2020, Crestron and Logitech have announced a partnership to create solutions for the unified communication space. What does this partnership mean for our side of the industry? Next, we discuss Scott’s own article about universal design and how it could be utilized within higher education spaces. Laying out the logistics between budget and administration to judge what it takes to get into standards and universal design. Host: Bill O’Donnell Guests:   Ernie Bailey – Ernie on LinkedIn Scott Tiner – Scott on Twitter Rob Rasberry – Drexel Links to sources: AV Network – Crestron and Logitech UC partnership Rave Pubs – Universal Design in Higher Ed classrooms Notes:  AVNation studios production equipment provided by Shure and Vaddio. Bill O’Donnell hosts one of the longest running AVNation podcasts, EDTech. This podcast is for audiovisual tech managers, by higher education tech managers. The monthly podcast gathers education audiovisual veterans to discuss the news that impacts them, their campuses, and the commercial integrators that serve them and their institutions. Each month our panel of guests provides their perspective on new products and the news in the audiovisual industry and how those stories concern technology in education. O’Donnell has been in the audiovisual industry for over 15 years. His experience has taken him from his New Jersey home to the middle east and back again. He has worked for global AV dealers, multi-national defense contractors, and higher education institutions. Bill leads a band of tech managers who have made the transition analog to digital over the last thirty years. He is also heavily involved in the comic book industry volunteering at comic shows across the United States and the globe. O’Donnell is an amateur glass blower. Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes