Though faculty members cannot always make it to the off-campus locations, each site has a facilitator to handle handouts, assignments and the technology. Technology plays a large part in the EMBA program and Notre Dame stays on the cutting edge. It's not video-conferencing anymore. It's our technology. Mark, together with his colleague Bill Brewster, the college's director of technology, designed much of the equipment and the equipment structure.
Technicians stay in the room during each class, helping things run smoothly.
Ours are not even one percent. The sites are connected via T1 lines, which have roughly the same capacity as 24 traditional phone lines. The audio and video components are completely interactive professors even wear an infrared sensor so that the camera can follow them around the room. Not to be left out, students are equipped with pressure-sensitive microphones, which allow the camera to focus on them when they speak. The program's technology, designed with the professors in mind, has made the transition from a regular classroom to the epicenter of a technological learning web relatively easy for instructors.