The Global Classroom is a state-of-the-art teaching and learning center which supports internet-based video conferencing and other collaboration tools for groups up to 100 persons. It can support up to three concurrent groups in a variety of venues. The Global Classroom is designed to host asynchronous and synchronous online activities, both credit and non-credit, and activities that serve the greater ECU/Greenville/Pitt County community, as well as  the State of North Carolina. It is equipped with more than one million dollars of smart classroom, audio, video and teleconferencing equipment. Courses from a wide variety of disciplines use the Global Classroom in venues ranging from a single guest lecturer to an entire course.

The Global Classroom is used for distance education taping, live web cast, archived sessions, and video conferencing. The Global Classroom is also the home base for Global Academic Initiatives and their related programs. In addition, the Global Classroom is the home of all Global Understanding courses, which were Honorable Mention Winners of the 2008 Andrew Heiskell Award for Best Practices in International Education.

For more information regarding the Global Classroom, please contact David Clark at clarkda@ecu.edu.