VR in Education

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are exploring the efficacy of using VR to help educate law students. One company,  Law School Ai firmly believes that the traditional methods of teaching law can be enhanced by embracing cutting-edge technology. By stepping into the virtual shoes of lawyers and participating in carefully curated mock...

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are exploring the issue of why vr adoption continues to be slow but steady in many schools. On our show today we have Jusint Kosek.  Justin is starting a new position as Innovation Coach in the West Milwaukee school district.  He has also been a teacher in this same district for several years. Justin...

Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are so fortunate to talk to Dr. Louise Edwards about vr content creation.  She has her PhD in Earth Science and has climbed many volcanoes.  Dr. Edwards has taught high school, conducted research, and developed strong skills in unity for VR development.  But, probably the most poignant part of her biography is that sh...

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are so fortunate to talk to Emilie Joly and Kwaku Aning.  Emilie has been on the show before and is one of our most listened-to episodes.  She is the CEO of a VR content creation application called Zoe.  Kwaku Aning is an educator, connector, deep thinker and VR pioneer, who has a wealth of experience...

Hello everyone.  Welcome to another exciting episode of VR in Education.  In today’s episode,  we are on a mission to understand more about how easy or difficult it is to scale up the use of VR and immersive learning in a school. Today on the show we have Jason Ward.  Jason is High School Chemistry Teacher, Educational Technologist, EdD Candidate, Screenwriter and has been working hard to get imme...

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 us...

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...

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 Cosg...

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 pl...

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 t...

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...

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 i...

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.   Al...

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 insightfu...

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 aro...

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 i...

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 finding...

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 Pari...

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 bot...

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 s...

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 a...

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...

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 Sch...

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 (Cana...