As faculty do you think there are better ways to increase your students engagement and consequently increase their grades? As staff do you believe there are optimal ways to improve the student experience? Bring your dilemma and together by using the latest problem solving processes such as Design Thinking, Gamestorming and User Experience design, we…
As faculty do you think there are better ways to increase your students engagement and consequently increase their grades? As staff do you believe there are optimal ways to improve the student experience? Bring your dilemma and together by using the latest problem solving processes such as Design Thinking, Gamestorming and User Experience design, we…
Join Microsoft Education's very first Global Learning Week! We're assembling educators, partners, and students to host this free week-long event to celebrate the resilience and success of educators and youth, look ahead to prepare for what’s next, and consider what we as a global education community can take from this year into the future of…
Simulation games provide a way for faculty members to have students rehearse real world skills and push their online teaching to a new level. In this webinar; you learn: • How to create advanced simulation environments and virtual learning environments using common digital platforms, • How to integrate video and immersive training. • How to…
The talk is a brief walk through the history of haptics and VR as well as a look at where we stand with VR and haptics right now and where it is going. We will also have a demonstration of several use cases for VR and haptics in medical and other fields and VRgluv’s cutting…
We will showcase projects that used 3D and XR technologies (virtual and augmented reality) and gamification methodologies to enhance students learning. And talk how we can make your project become reality.
Could or should medical education be more fun? Is the faculty’s responsibility to manage students engagement? Did you design your course with engagement in mind? Would you try unorthodox ways to increase retention and help students pass exams? Come and find out what are some different ways to convey your knowledge and help students learn.…
When game designer, Jane McGonigal, found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience – and promises to add 7.5 minutes…
Come try out the Virtual Reality Immersive Simulation for Interprofessional Education created by an interprofessional research team at WesternU. This workshop will provide you with an understanding of the technology and hand-ons experience to jumpstart your own immersive education project. Learning objectives: 1) Describe how technology in the classroom can be used as…
While the success of digital games in education continues to validate the improvement to motivation, engagement and social influence (Groening & Binnewies, 2019; Lopez & Tucker, 2019), the impact for asynchronous adult education remains ambiguous. In a substantial course redesign, we attempted to address notable aspects of gamification within a course that teaches how to…