In 2 weeks, our VRARA Education Forum is happening, and we have over 60 education organizations confirmed from Europe, North America, and Asia. We expect 500+ academics, executives, and professionals who are leading in EdTech!
Cognitive load insights enhancing learning experiences by HP Entering the future of VR, HP Omnicept is the fusion of high resolution VR headset with state-of-the art biometric sensors and AI. The AI developed by HP Data Science team, provides insights on cognitive load: how much your brain is used, how do you react under stress, how efficient is the training. We will showcase a concrete use case with HP partner.
Immersive Connections: Teaching, Learning, and Creating in VR/AR by Lenovo with Ithaca College Lessons learned from a pilot using Lenovo’s VR Classroom at Ithaca College’s Teacher Education Program, where students leverage VR/AR technology to improve their teaching and learning experiences.
Integrating VR in Higher Education by Rob Theriault of Georgian College (Canada) Integrating VR in higher education is not complex, but it requires funding, training and finding the right VR experiences. Rob has helped programs at Georgian to pilot VR for patient simulation, language learning for Indigenous Studies, biochemistry, Veterinary Tech, Event Management, Tourism.Seeding Immersive Technology Startups from Research Labs, by IIIT Hyderabad (India): Commercialization of academic research and lab to land translation of VR/AR technologies. Will be sharing insights and frameworks to productize research and build deep tech startups from research labs at universities.
VR platform for developing systems mental models in tech students, by Iowa State University (USA): We will report the results of assessing students' mechanistic mental models after they design and build systems with VR. Pedagogical opportunities & challenges will be discussed as well.
Lessons learned from deploying VR for employability in Further Education Colleges, by London Screen Academy (UK): We will present a wide-range perspective of how VR/AR may fit in education, the options we have today to explore virtual spaces to achieve innovation in education and its potential benefits and limitations when it is integrated in a variety of classroom activities.
55+ speakers, sessions, and demos
Hot Topics Roundtables (Group Networking)
Speed Networking (1-on-1 video chat)
See the full Schedule here
Special thank you to Lenovo, HP, Tipping Point Media, Dynepic, and ArborXR for sponsoring this event!
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Testimonials
"In 2020, I attended two VRARA online forums. The 1-on-1 networking was exceptional. I met industry leaders from all over the world, and it was truly a blast! Having 5 minutes of undivided attention is fantastic (better than at in-person events where people can be distracted)."
- Cathy Edstrom Grochowski
“I spoke to more people in 1 day than my entire previous year.”
– Stuart Spencer
