JOHN JAY COLLEGE–John Jay’s Digital Creation Lab is now open for student use in Room 334 on the third floor of Haaren Hall. The new space provides additional digital education support to the campus—something that the college previously lacked.
Executive Director of Facilities at John Jay Anthony Bracco explained that the concept of the lab was born out of discussions in 2017 with Dara Byrne, who at the time was Associate Provost for Undergraduate Retention and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at John Jay.
Bracco said the inspiration for the center came from his graduate school days, when the professors would provide guided videos for solving complex math problems.
“I said it would be great if we could do something like that [at John Jay], and Byrne came up with the idea of the classroom setting, where we could help faculty learn new technologies as they emerged as well as students,” said Bracco.
Bracco also explained that the hunt for funding and space for the lab were the natural next steps to follow, and finding usable, empty space was the more of complex issue of the two.
