Vr In Education

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are on a mission to unpack more layers of immersive learning. Monica Arés is an expert in Immersive Learning.  As a Harvard Graduate School of Education alumna, former math educator, curriculum developer, and planetarium director, Monica is at the forefront of how emerging technology like VR can be used to enhance learning.  We are excited to have her on the show today.  You can connect with Monica at https://www.monicaares.com/.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are interviewing Dr. Srini Pillay,  the chief medical officer and co-founder of Reulay.  Reulay is a video, XR, and metaverse solution for the reduction of stress, anxiety, and stress-related diseases.  We are fortunate to have Dr Pillay on the show today as he has an impressive resume as it pertains to reducing stress and anxiety.  He has written several books and is an expert in cognitive mindset which has undoubtedly positioned him well for VR and his work with Reulay.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are looking at  how VR might enhance learning and development in the hospitality industry.  This industry relies heavily on social skills and procedural learning.  Both these two areas lend themselves well for using VR and virtual worlds to improve training and development.  We have invited Tracy Cosgrove on the show to talk about her extensive experience using VR for hospitality training.  Check out tracy's website at https://vrhti.com/. 

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are looking at how AI might be used in virtual worlds for education.  We have heard a lot over the last few weeks about how intuitive and responsive ChatGTP3 has been.  So, we have invited Sophie Thompson, CEO and founder of Virtual Speech to talk to us.  Virtual Speech is a VR soft skills training platform that allows users to hone several 21st century skills related to communication.  They recently announced they have added ChatGTP3 to some of their course offerings.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we explore a recent post I did on LinkedIn.  In the posting I talked about 4 ways to keep your VR lab or program from suffering a slow death.  Some of the strategies to sustain a VR lab and program might be:  1. Work closely with instructors and educators on how to integrate Virtual Worlds that connect to bigger concepts within their curriculum.  2. Refrain from “type-casting” the VR lab and headsets to just one department or section within your school.  3. Scale up professional development that teaches educators how to use and build no-code virtual worlds and experiences and how to connect these to learning outcomes. 4. Develop a “learning in 3D” academic policy that outlines the mission and vision around how , when and why VR can enhance learning.  In this episode, I want to unpack some of these in greater detail. 

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are looking at how the medical industry is using Virtual worlds to educate each other.  From virtual conferences, to learning from experienced doctors, to practicing real-life procedures and scenarios, the metaverse  has huge potential for doctors.  Today, we have invited Dr. Steven Houston III who is a Vitreoretinal surgeon and founder of METAMED.  And we also have Dr. Eric  Rosenberg who is a Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgeon and Co-Founder of MetaMEd.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are looking at how VR might enhance Higher Education.   The primary form of instruction for many college and university classes is via lecture.  This methodology might leave some students unengaged and bored.  So, how can professors break up their lectures and provide more active learning modalities in the lessons?  On the show we are talking with Gary Burnett.  Gary does research and teaching related to human Factors/Ergonomics within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we explore the frontiers of speech and debate in the Virtual World.  Covid  pushed many schools to participate in Speech and Debate via video conferencing through zoom or google meet.  Even though covid has slowed down, many speech and debate tournaments continue to offer video conferencing options.   Although this is a more cost effective way for schools, the lack  of presence embodiment makes it less engaging than a physical face-face speech and debate tournament.   We have invited Stefan Bauschard, founder of DebateUS, Co-Executive Director of the New York City Urban Debate League and long time debate coach at Lakeland schools.  And, We also have Joe Rankin, Head Speech and Debate coach at Bettendorf HS in Bettendorf, IA and in his 17th year teaching/coaching.  You can reach Joe at jrankin@bettendorf.k12.ia.us and Stefan at stefan.bauschard@gmail.com.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are exploring the controversial world of AI intelligence.  ChatGPT3 applies machine learning algorithms to a massive corpus of text to respond to users' requests using language that sounds surprisingly human-like.  ChatGPT3 is has agreed to sit down with me to explore the topic of VR in Education.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are exploring how virtual worlds might affect our evolving identity.   We have invited Giovanni Castillo, a senior metaverse designer for aquent.  He is a design thinker, architect and creative technologist that was born for the spatial computing revolution.  I reached out to him based on an insightful article he recently wrote and posted on LinkedIn.  He is here today to help us understand more about his work with understanding how avatars might impact our virtual world experience.  You can contact Giovanni by email at gcastillo@aquent.com 

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are talking with teachers who are using vr in the classroom  to make a difference.  They are pushing the boundaries of innovation and blazing a path for other teachers to follow when it comes to the adoption of immersive learning tools.  Terje Pedersen is from Norway and has been teaching there for around 14 years. He has been using oculus quest headsets in his school for various learning engagements.  Kim Aarberg , also from Norway, is  a teacher with interests in gamification and VR and a former google workplace specialist.  You can reach out to them on linkenIn at linkedin.com/in/terje-pedersen-935268175 and linkedin.com/in/kim-aarberg-b22b8169

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are talking with Dr. Karl Kapp.  Dr. Kapp  is a professor at Bloomsburg University and co-author of THE book on learning in a metaverse written back in 2010 called Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration. The model described in the book is as relevant today as it was back then. It is a blueprint for designing learning experiences in the metaverse.  He is here today to talk more about this model and how it translates to effective learning design for 3D virtual worlds.  You can learn more about Dr. Kapp's work on Linkedin.  

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are talking with Erica Southgate.   Erica is Associate Professor of Emerging Technologies for Education in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia.  She is author of the book “Virtual Reality in Curriculum and Pedagogy for secondary classrooms”.  In her book she shares findings and stories of research related to using immersive virtual reality at a secondary school in Australia.  Additionally, she keeps a robust website https://vrschoolresearch.com/  where she blogs about her research with teachers in real time and provides free research papers and classroom resources. Erica is here today to help us unpack some of her findings.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are talking with Hosni Zaouali, the CEO of Tech Adaptika.  Hosni knew, even at a young age, that education would be the catalyst to propel him forward and empower him to help others.  He has an impressive formal education background.  Hosni has a B.A ENG in Nuclear Engineering from the Sorbonne in Paris and a MBA in International Development from Laval University.  He was founder of Voilà Learning, a company that offered online French education, mostly for people in Africa, and taught an Online Executive Program for Stanford University.  What an impressive background.  You can reach him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hosninio/ 

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are focusing on how VR can be the next great communication and learning medium.   We have invited the wonderful and talented Maxwell McGee to our show.  Maxwell is a multi-skilled, award winning communications professional with over 2 decades of experience in the field. He has  a strong passion for both the theory and practice of multimedia, especially VR.  Maxwell also works for the Virtual World Society as an ambassador and hosts their extremely popular podcast called “The NExtant”.  

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are focusing on how peripheral devices might heighten or enhance the sense of realism inside VR experiences.  Well designed VR scenes already trick the brain into a sense of presence and embodiment just through photorealism.  But, what if we could add other senses to our experiences besides sight and sound?  Some tech enthusiasts believe high quality haptic feedback is the missing link between reality and the metaverse.  Today on the show we have Guido Gioioso and Giovanni Spagnoletti,  the two founders of WEART, a company that is designing high quality haptic devices for the VR and 3D spatial experiences. Check out their website at https://www.weart.it/.

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are focusing on getting perspective from new educators who are looking at adopting 3-d spatial learning environments into their schools and programs.  We often lean on experts who have been tracking this area for several years, but it is refreshing to get insight from late adopters regarding the what and why.  John Kelly is founder, CEO, and proud father of College Ikigai, an innovative k-12 school in Mexico City.   John’s capacity to take risks and be innovative is very high.  John firmly believes that although We cannot choose how many years we will live, we can choose how much life those years will have.  And it is clear innovation is part of making the most of life.  John is here today to talk about how he is using web 3.0 and the metaverse to move his school community forward.  You can reach John on LinkedIn here, linkedin.com/in/john-kelly-98a8133a

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are focusing on a unique opportunity for students and educators to learn more about an exciting VR Design Competition. Exponential Destiny  was founded in the early 2000’s and the program's objective is to help young people “Future Proof” themselves and arm them to make “Exponential Change” in the way people think and act.  Recently, their group was invited to a UN meeting to introduce and launch their inaugural competition that challenges students to create a VR experience that raises awareness to one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.  These goals have been great stepping stones for many educational projects around the world because they place an emphasis on improving humanity in 17 different areas.  Some of these include :  improving life on land, reducing poverty, and providing quality education.  We are so fortunate to talk with the founder Marcus Shingles and his co-founder Marco Vargas.  You can le

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are talking about scaling up VR in education.  As more and more schools think about incorporating VR into their programs, there are so many questions to ponder.  Today on the show we have Mr. Jason Beneby.  Jason is Chief Operating Officer at American High School and director of the Bahamas Virtual School.  He will be spearheading the rollout and adoption of metaverse education across the island.  Reach Jason on linkEdin at linkedin.com/in/jason-beneby-3775562 .

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are talking about VR teacher training. There has been a slow growth of VR in learning institutions.  However, many vanguards are paving the way for easy adoption.  One of those is Rob Theriault.  Rob is Immersive Technology Manager (former professor of paramedicine) at Georgian College in Ontario (Canada).  He is also President of the Canadian Chapter of the Immersive Learning Research Network, an author, and an outstanding researcher.  Rob is a pioneer in the VR industry.  He is here today to talk about training other teachers on the effective uses of VR in Education.  If you are interested in learning more from Rob you can reach him at rob.theriault@georgiancollege.ca.