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Category: Virtual, Augmented and Extended Reality

Cementing a community of learning, herbs, bag painting, spoon throwing and a silent disco

Cementing a community of learning, herbs, bag painting, spoon throwing and a silent disco

by HUM eLearning | Sep 11, 2024 | Academic Advising, Accessibility and Inclusivity, Active Learning and Student Engagement, Assessment and Feedback, Collaboration and Group Work, Employability, Learning Blog, Reflection, Student Voice, Virtual, Augmented and Extended Reality

Claire McGourlay (SoSS) shares her reflections from Connections in Legal Education Fest 2024

Why we went on a spacewalk: Supporting intended learning outcomes with virtual reality (VR) in seminars

Why we went on a spacewalk: Supporting intended learning outcomes with virtual reality (VR) in seminars

by HUM eLearning | Oct 10, 2023 | Active Learning and Student Engagement, Enhancing Learning with Technology, Good Practice, Virtual, Augmented and Extended Reality

Craig Thomas (SEED) used virtual reality headsets in a seminar setting to engage students in an immersive outer space experience.

Using Virtual Reality experiences for Psychology of Education

Using Virtual Reality experiences for Psychology of Education

by HUM eLearning | Jul 25, 2023 | Active Learning and Student Engagement, Enhancing Learning with Technology, Good Practice, Virtual, Augmented and Extended Reality

Sarah MacQuarrie (SEED) used Virtual reality headsets as part of a lecture based around visual perception. Students used an app called ‘Notes on Blindness’, an immersive, interactive storytelling experience which creates a cognitive and emotional experience of blindness.

Using Matterport to create a virtual student induction

Using Matterport to create a virtual student induction

by HUM eLearning | Jan 12, 2023 | Enhancing Learning with Technology, Good Practice, Virtual, Augmented and Extended Reality

Using Matterport technology, the Humanities eLearning team, alongside Music Department colleagues, developed an online induction module for students, including a virtual tour of the Martin Harris Centre.

Using Virtual Reality to Explore the Valley of the Kings

Using Virtual Reality to Explore the Valley of the Kings

by HUM eLearning | Mar 22, 2022 | Enhancing Learning with Technology, Good Practice, Virtual, Augmented and Extended Reality

Nicky Nielsen (SALC) shows us how he used Virtual Reality to take his students on a tour of the tomb of Ramesses VI in Egypt.

Virtual Field Trips using Google Earth/Maps

Virtual Field Trips using Google Earth/Maps

by HUM eLearning | Feb 22, 2022 | Good Practice, Virtual, Augmented and Extended Reality

Abi Stone (SEED) describes her use of Google Earth and Google Maps to create virtual field trips.

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Reflection on participation in the Student Engagement Workshop 20th August 2025
Making Feedback Collection More Representative: SCL’s Human-Centred Design Tool for Collecting Feedback 20th August 2025
Walking in students’ shoes: weaving stories where human-centred design meets student voice 20th March 2025
From Listening to Action: How the Student Change Lab Designs with Student Voice 20th March 2025
Bridging Academic Excellence with Real-World Practice: The Manchester Museum Collaboration 21st January 2025
ELSTIS24: Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship, University of St. Andrews, July 2024 10th December 2024
A picture paints a thousand words? 4th December 2024
Learning, Connecting, and Innovating: Reflections from the 7th ESLTIS Conference 4th December 2024
Reflections on the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Conference 2024 19th November 2024
Transformative Pedagogy? Creating online and blended learning spaces for Leaders in the Global Development Sphere 14th November 2024
Think Outside the Box: Co-Creating Student-Centered Support Services and User Experience for Canvas 21st October 2024
Reflections on the ESLTIS 2024 Conference: A Journey in Educational Innovation 17th October 2024
‘Real enough’: Testing and refining ideas about how we support staff in the move to using Canvas. 17th October 2024
Sparking meaningful conversations for student engagement: Visualising the journey of learning design 2nd October 2024
Reflecting on the ESLTIS24 Conference: Developing Educator Identities and Building Academic Communities 17th September 2024
Exploring New Developments in Student Surveys and Campus Design in Vienna 17th September 2024
Thinking, Collaborating and Growing: A reflection on attending the International Society for Music Education conferences and its impact on my own teaching practices 11th September 2024
Cementing a community of learning, herbs, bag painting, spoon throwing and a silent disco 11th September 2024
Advance HE: Teaching and Learning Conference 2024, Nottingham Trent University, 2 July 10th September 2024
Plots and storyboards: What visualising learning journeys revealed as I designed a new programme. 27th August 2024
Instagram: Transforming Higher Education Engagement Beyond the Classroom 2nd July 2024
Learning Design Case Studies 3rd January 2024
Co-creating and co-delivering resources with students 7th November 2023
Why we went on a spacewalk: Supporting intended learning outcomes with virtual reality (VR) in seminars 10th October 2023
Autograder for programming assignments via Gradescope 26th July 2023
Using Virtual Reality experiences for Psychology of Education 25th July 2023