David Fenner | ANZ Sales Manager, CommScope RUCKUS Australia & New Zealand
CommScope

David Fenner, ANZ Sales Manager, CommScope RUCKUS Australia & New Zealand, CommScope

David leads the CommScope RUCKUS ANZ sales team with a key focus on accelerating the broader adoption of connected solutions through innovation.
A veteran of more than 25 years’ in the ICT industry in Australia and his native United Kingdom, David and his team work with specialist Solution Partners to transform the user technology experiences and enhance efficiency and productivity through the deployment of innovative connected solutions and services.
David is married with two children, is an AFL convert, but alas continues to support the English cricket team.

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Day 2 @ 10:40

Commscope Breakout Session - The 5 Phases of transition to digital learning

Disruption often leads to innovation. When COVID-19 forced campuses to shut down across the globe, it also created opportunities for educational institutions to understand what both students and teachers need. How is connectivity enhancing education delivery? and what are the five phases of transitioning to digital learning. 

  1. What are the IT challenges in making a successful transition whilst providing a safe and reliable classroom experience?
  2. Why a fast and reliable network is no longer optional?
  3. Why a reliable network infrastructure is vital for supporting a wide variety of digital curriculum projects?
  4. How future-ready technologies help overcome digital roadblocks
  5. How do you protect student’s safety as well as protecting their privacy? 

If anything, the pandemic has proved that a fully remote learning model cannot last forever. The virus may vanish one day, but education’s pre-pandemic problems will not. To resolve budget shortfalls and declining student enrolment and retention, all education areas from K-12 to campus will need to reinvent the student and teacher experiences, especially once all return to onsite learning. In many ways, connectivity and access to the internet have transformed education at all levels. The ability for students to access learning materials on-line as well as for instructors to share lessons and collaborate has revolutionised teaching and learning. Where education used to be concentrated in buildings, it can now be accessed by millions of people (almost) anywhere. 

Converged IoT platforms provide technology that can scale your operations, and this can be more cost-effective. Who doesn’t want to monitor and optimize their electricity, lighting, water usage? IoT systems are perfect for accomplishing this. Educational institutions aren’t hospitality groups. They can’t afford to build shiny new buildings all the time. However, they can leverage smart technology to foster social interaction, attract students and keep campuses healthy and safe.

last published: 11/Aug/22 02:45 GMT

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