UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
for performance-based classes , for example , which needed a platform for high-speed , real-time video . “ So we would work with them to build a solution for those kinds of things , and we could then expose that to the rest of the faculty , who would look at that and go , ‘ Hey , that kind of fits me so I can use that too ’. Those faculty members were the best . They know what they ' re doing , they know the content they need to get across to their students . That ' s their role , that ' s their expertise . And our job was then to listen and help them find technological ways to effectively do that .”
This is just one example of a digital ecosystem that fuels UB ’ s hybrid approach , where students can study on campus
“ I ’ m fortunate enough to work with a leadership team that is high performing , and has the skills to effectively meet the needs of the institution ”
BRICE BIBLE VPCIO ,
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
and off in disparate but equally rewarding fashion . While maintaining social distancing was of paramount importance to the university ’ s leadership , so too was retaining the fundamentals of its tight-knit culture of collaborative , hands-on learning . “ We ' re an on-premises campus , and we want to be that ,” says Bible . “ We ’ re a research school , we are hands-on collaboration , and we want our students to have that multidimensional relationship . So during the pandemic we never went 100 % remote . We did not at the end of spring semester , and we did not all the way through the fall semester . Our
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