Eden Prairie-based Video Guidance, the leading visual communications
provider in the Upper Midwest, has designed an integrated distance
learning program for Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU)
located in Bloomington, Minn. The distance education learning center,
which is one of the most technology-advanced classrooms in the state,
aims to enhance instructional teaching capabilities from remote
locations. [Photos available upon request.]
“The integration services team at Video Guidance did a fantastic job of
listening and learning about our unique requirements for a large
distance-education classroom”
For more than 65 years, NWHSU (www.nwhealth.edu)
has been an international leader in natural and integrative health care
education, patient care and research. When university president, Dr.
Mark Zeigler, first came to NWHSU in 2006, he dreamed of using
sophisticated visual communications systems to connect consultants,
faculty and other specialists from around the country – and the world –
to the classroom. In 2007, the university first contacted Video
Guidance, regarded as the region’s visual communications industry leader.
The university wanted to create a theater of instruction with peer
institutions, sharing faculty and guest lecturers. Thanks to a new
building addition, a sizable classroom space was about to become
available.
“The integration services team at Video Guidance did a fantastic job of
listening and learning about our unique requirements for a large
distance-education classroom,” said Dr. Charles Sawyer, senior vice
president at NWHSU. “They designed a high-end, technology-enhanced
classroom that offers all kinds of new distance-education possibilities.
We had very specific needs and they totally nailed it!”