VR in Education

Episode 60- Diving into the Pool of VR Content Creation

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  Over the next few podcasts, I endeavour to shed more light on the topic of VR development and creation.  In particular, I want to unpack various developer platforms and get feedback from industry experts regarding their efficacy and fit for various student groups.  Today on the show, we are fortunate to have with use David Bass-Clark.  David is the Director of VR/AR Research and Development at Unity College in Maine, USA.  He works intimately with various types of programs and has a deep understanding of how VR creation aligns with student learning.   Please check out https://unity.edu/.  

Episode 59- Learning the Trades with VR

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  There has been a huge interest by schools, especially post-secondary, to use VR for training technical skills.  One person leading the way in this area is Joe Millward, who is the innovation manager at TAFE New South Wales digital Lab.  Joe is going to share his journey and experience with using VR to engage students.  You can check out TAFE New South Wales at https://www.tafensw.edu.au/enterprise/for-industry/digital-lab. 

Episode 58- Emboldening and Empowering Learners with VR

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education. Today we are shedding light on why organizations need to sit up and pay closer attention to the return on investment VR might provide for learners.  We have invited Jeremy Dalton to the show today.  Jeremy leads Price Waterhouse Cooper's VR/AR team, helping clients understand, quantify, and implement the benefits of virtual reality and augmented reality technology.  He has recently written a comprehensive and insightful book titled, Reality Check: How Immersive Technologies Can Transform Your Business.  You can find Jeremy's book at https://realitycheckxr.com/.

Episode 57- Say Goodbye to Video Conferencing and Hello to Learning in VR

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  Many schools around North American and the rest of the world are continuing to deliver teaching and learning online because of Covid-19.  The primary method of orchestrating instruction is the use of video conferencing tools like Zoom and Google Meet.  Video conferencing in education was adopted out of emergency and many educators are looking for a more powerful awe-inspiring alternative.  So I have invited Steve Grubbs, CEO of VictoryXR on the show today to talk about the exciting things his organization is doing related to remote teaching and learning.  Check out VictoryXR at https://www.victoryxr.com/. You can reach Steve on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/steve-grubbs-4708825

Episode 56- Anti-Vaccinating Against the Decline of VR in Education

Hello Everyone, Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode get on my soap-box for a few minutes to talk about sustaining the momentum I believe VR has established over the last year or so as we enter 2021.

Episode 55- Uncovering Effective Practices in VR User Experiences

Hello Everyone, Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we are putting our research “methodologies hat” on to learn more about the work of V.E.I.L.  VEIL stands for virtual experiences interaction lab and their mandate is to uncover effective practices as it pertains to immersive user experiences in VR.  Today, we are talking with Rob Dongas, one of the project leads.  Rob is a PHD student at the University of Sydney and has done extensive work with VR and learning design.  To learn more about VEIL you can visit, https://www.linkedin.com/company/veilab/ 

Episode 54-Best Practices When Teaching in VR

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  With the pandemic, I am seeing more and more people moving toward online learning.  And, a select few pioneers are even using virtual worlds to teach their classes.  One such innovator is Michael McDonald from Gold Lotus. Gold lotus offers language learning experiences inside VR.  Michael had been doing this for well over a year.  I spoke with him in episode 30 of this show about his work.  We have invited him back on the show to unpack more about instructional design in VR.  You can contact Michael at https://www.goldlotus.co/about

Episode 53- VR Spatial Learning and Lateral Thinking with Cubism

Hello Everyone! Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we take some time picking the mind of the creator of a wonderfully elegant puzzle game called Cubism.  Thomas Van Bouwel is a Belgian/Brazilian VR developer based in Brussels and he is here today to talk about his app which was nominated for two awards in 2019.  If you are interested in connecting with Thomas you can reach him on Twitter @tovanbo.

Episode 52- Using VR at Tesla

Hello Everyone, Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode we are honoured to have Thomas Kauer on the show.  Thomas is an instructional designer and e-learning specialist for Tesla.  He has a  Masters degree in Technology from Harvard and is constantly pushing the boundaries on learning and innovation.  He has taught Literature and Social Studies Internationally and abroad.  Thomas is here today to talk about VR training in Enterprise and lessons we might learn and apply to k-12 and higher education.

Episode 51- Curriculum and Learning that Aligns with Quality VR

Hello Everyone, Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode, we dive deeper into what is quality curriculum content in VR.  We are excited to have James MacDiarmid.  James works as a learning design consultant for Curiious.  His main focus is to support the development of virtual reality (VR) learning solutions to improve achievement, engagement and training services across health, education and heavy industry.  You can learn more about Curiious at https://curiious.com/.  You can find James on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmacdiarmid/.