Hybrid Classroom

In the end of December 2019, there was a reported of novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Later, this virus named COVID-19 became one of a major outbreak of the world. Since the virus can be spread through the air, the social distancing is essential. Many reports indicated that this will make the world change into a new normal. Working or learning from home by using information and communication technologies will become a new standard of the future. This paper proposed the ideas of the King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi to design and implement the hybrid classroom for teaching and conducting university's business after the pandemic crisis. The hybrid classroom concept aims to reducing the number of involved people in each activity by offloading some group of people to online from their home. The hybrid room has also been designed to allow online and physical attendees interact during operating sessions. The conclusion of this paper describes the problems and obstacles that arise during the implementation of prototype rooms, as well as the solutions and future direction of this work.