Research & Collaboration

Access Grid

What is the Access Grid?
ECU’s Access Grid (AG), an advanced videoconferencing system, offers compelling collaborative sessions and teaching and learning experiences for faculty, staff, and students by connecting them to other domestic and international higher education institutions, supercomputing centers, and science and engineering laboratories in “persistent electronic spaces”.

Connecting via the Access Grid, faculty from ECU and sites around the world can share research developments and methods, joint-teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses, and host special educational seminars. Students can exchange ideas and join dynamic discussions while learning to effectively interact with their peers in a virtual environment that incorporates state-of-the-art technological tools.

ECU's Access Grid has been used extensively by School of Education faculty as part of the REVITALISE program, funded by the National Science Foundation.

Get Started
Installed in December 2002, ECU’s Access Grid system consists of a 16’ wide screen, three cameras that record session participants, microphones mounted on mobile tripods, two speakers, and three projectors mounted on overhead beams that display images and/or presentations on the screen.

Location: The Access Grid is currently located in Flanagan 312.
Contact: If you have questions about the Access Grid or would like to reserve the room, please contact Robert Elliott by e-mail at elliottro@ecu.edu or by phone at 328-9127.