Episodes
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Episode 44- Play2Speak: Using AI to Enhance English Speaking Skills in VR
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Hello Everyone! Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education. In today’s episode, we are talking with Giuseppe Fantigrossi who is the CEO of Play 2 Speak. Play 2 Speak offers a unique VR English learning program that uses AI and rich storytelling to advance user's English language skills. He is here today to help us understand how this all works. You can learn more about Play2Speak at http://play2speak.com/.
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Episode 43- The Importance of Inclusion and Accessibility in VR
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Hello Everyone! Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education. In today’s episode, we are talking with Thomas Logan who is the CEO of Equal Entry. Equal entry promotes inclusion and accessibility to people all over the world. Thomas is here to talk to us about his role in educating people about designing experiences, especially in VR, for all groups of people. You can learn more about Thomas and his work at https://equalentry.com/. Additionally, Thomas can be found on twitter, @TechThomas and Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/techthomas/
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Episode 42 - Brain Training in VR with EnhanceVR
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Hello Everyone, Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education. In today’s episode, we are talking with Amir Bozorgzadeh is the cofounder and CEO of Virtuleap. Virtuleap uses specialized virtual reality games to help improve cognitive health. We are here today to talk with Amir about the full release of their VR application Enhance. You can learn more about Enhance and Virtuleap at https://virtuleap.com/.
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Episode 41 - Cooperative Learning with Spaceteam VR
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Hello Everyone, Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education. In today’s episode, we are talking with Alex Earle, the community manager from Cooperative Innovations, a company that builds, and implements high-quality immersive tools to create worlds to play in, explore, learn from and share with others, regardless of sector or end-user.
Please have a look at Cooperative Innovations website to learn more, https://www.coopinnovations.co.uk/.
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Episode 40- How to Parlay Deep Thinking in Social VR Spaces
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Welcome to another wonderful episode of VR in Education. Today I want to narrow our focus on how we might leverage Social VR spaces as a tool to promote conceptual thinking and debates.
If you liked this episode and would like to learn more about leveraging VR as an immersive tool check out my self-paced course, https://immersivelearningandvr.teachable.com/p/an-introduction-to-vr-in-education. You can also reach me on twitter @cfrehlichteach.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Episode 39-VR Games as Double Agents--From Outcast to Hero
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of VR in Education. Today’s episode looks at how VR games might be thought of as double agents and by telling their story I hope to move them from outcasts in the world of learning to heroes.
Saturday Jun 27, 2020
Episode 38- Emphasizing Divergent Thinking with Sandbox Mode in VR Applications
Saturday Jun 27, 2020
Saturday Jun 27, 2020
Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of VR in Education. In today’s episode, I want to talk about the efficacy of structured (convergent) vs unstructured (divergent) learning experiences.
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Episode 37- How To Deal with Limited Numbers of Headsets in Your School
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
In this episode, I discuss a common question many teachers ask in a school situation, "what if I only have a few headsets for my large class?" Although this is not ideal, I outline a few applications that can help you maximize your student engagement. I hope you enjoy the episode.
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Episode 36- Bridging the Gap in STEM Education with VR (Inspirit Inc)
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Hello Everyone, Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education. In today’s episode, we get to talk with Armutha Vasan Co-Founder & COO | Inspirit Learning Inc. Inspirit learning aims to bring curiosity and critical thinking to STEM training. They are an immersive educational platform that is creating transformative STEM labs and simulations. You can learn more about their work at https://www.inspiritvr.com/.
Thursday May 07, 2020
Episode 35- Engaging Students and Teachers with LearnVR
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Hello Everyone, welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education. In today’s episode, we get to talk with Zach Grossman CEO and founder of LearnVR Zach has his Masters of Education with a focus on Educational technology from Portland State University. Before becoming an educator, Zach spent some time using his creative mind as a marketing guru. We are thrilled to have him on the show. To learn more about Zach's company and initiatives please see https://learnvr.org/