Immersive #VR tours of college and university campuses.

Immersive virtual reality tours of college and university campuses increases student enrolment and reduces new student anxiety. Read the book, review the evidence and experience the results.

Where XR Training Earns Its Place, According to Rob Theriault. Thanks Luke Williams for having me on your podcast. thexrbeat.com/where-xr-tra...

Where XR Training Earns Its Place, According to Rob Theriault

Rob Theriault explains how XR training supports repeated practice across paramedic triage, bridge navigation, public speaking and safety.

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Love when colleagues post my book.

The Future of Education is Experiential

Thanks Craig Scott!! There is no better book promo than testimonials, and even better, photos, from friends and colleagues! Blackpool Tower, England.

Off-the-shelf XR apps for education. Just a list. No ranking. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Explorations in VR/MR for HigherEd

Explorations in VR/MR for HigherEd By Rob Theriault MET, BHSc., CCP(f) Immersive Technology Manager (retired) Author of The Future of Education is Experiential (U.S., CDN) Connect: Bluesky, LinkedIn ...

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I am looking forward to teaching the #VirtualReality Educator micro credential again this September! If you're an academic or corporate educator, or enterprise leader interested in immersive learning concepts, I hope you will join us! www.georgiancollege.ca/academics/co...

In chapter 16 of my book, The Future of Education is Experiential, I dive into returns on investment for the exploration and integration of XR & AI in education: Educational, Reputational and Recruitment, Financial, and Future proofing ROIs.

A 21st century #library should be an emerging technology space.

A case for virtual tours of colleges and universities. Spatial knowledge using #VirtualReality shows that "pre-exposure can provide durable, route-relevant familiarity." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Virtual Reality pre-exposure supports wayfinding in a culturally and environmentally unfamiliar multi-level building: short- and long-term evidence from a cross-national study

As public buildings serve increasingly diverse user populations, many pedestrians must navigate environments whose layout, signage, and wayfinding log…

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#Policing is a very strong use case for immersive learning in #VirtualReality, especially for communication and de-escalation training which is difficult to simulate in the analogue world. www.policechiefmagazine.org/roadmap-poli...

NASA chief’s pledge to STEM education and how #VR is bringing people to the cosmos www.cfpublic.org/podcast/are-...

NASA chief’s pledge to STEM education and how VR is bringing people to the cosmos

NASA Administrator Jared Issacman is donating $500,000 of his own money to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping STEM college students. Plus, one public ...

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Air traffic control: A very strong use case for immersive learning. youtube.com/shorts/VOHnk...

World's first regulatory-approved XR air traffic control trainer | Varjo x Fintraffic

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Piloting Cogniti: Exploring educator-designed AI agents for learning www.unimelb.edu.au/tli/lda/gena... A good first step: But students learn, not just through text and audio but through vision, hearing and kinesthetic and other senses. The intersection of AI & XR is key.

Piloting Cogniti: Exploring educator-designed AI agents for learning

Piloting Cogniti: Exploring educator-designed AI agents for learning

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Seeing the invisible - one of XR's superpowers. So many strong use cases from statistics to anatomy to disaster planning. Use XR to make invisible networks visible to students www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/use-x...

Use XR to make invisible networks visible to students

Computer science students often need to understand technical concepts hidden within layers of software. Here’s how extended reality could offer a solution

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Make university study tangible with VR www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/make-... Additional reading: The Future of Education is Experiential (Amazon)

Make university study tangible with VR

Virtual reality can help bring complex disciplines to life, widen access and build stronger partnerships with schools. Learn how

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A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Paula MacDowell, for reading my book, The Future of Education is Experiential, and her very kind words! #experientialearning #FutureEducation

Love this. Virtual Taekwondo: A New Era Begins youtu.be/t-YyOmiZY4s?...

Virtual Taekwondo: A New Era Begins

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"This systematic review of 8 RCTs demonstrates that VR is an effective and evidence-based tool for undergraduate anatomy education, consistently matching or exceeding conventional teaching methods in immediate knowledge acquisition and long-term knowledge retention." www.cureus.com/articles/499...

Virtual Reality as an Alternative to Conventional Anatomy Teaching: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

Traditional anatomy education, anchored in cadaveric dissection and two-dimensional (2D) resources, faces mounting pressure from reduced curricular hours, educator shortages, and rising costs. Virtual...

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Thanks Dr. Jonathon Richter for inviting me onto the Immersive Learning Research Network Illuminators Forum podcast! It was great fun!! youtu.be/t7tB5JWwL6s?...

Illuminators Forum – Episode 10 | Rob Theriault

YouTube video by Immersive Learning Research Network

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What virtual reality and AI can do for language learners. Learning accelerates at the intersection of XR and AI (also, read my book: The Future of Education is Experiential) #Language #VR #AI www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-...

What virtual reality and AI can do for language learners

Virtual reality and artificial intelligence can support nervous students to progress from silence to speaking confidently in foreign language classes

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Evidence Search for GenAI and Education - Disclaimer: let me acknowledge that this literature search does not include all papers published on this subject. If you know of a paper that you think should be included, please send me a link though LinkedIn. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Evidence Search for AI & Education

Evidence Search for GenAI and Education By Rob Theriault MET, BHSc., CCP(f) Immersive Technology Manager (retired), Critical Care Flight Paramedic (retired) Author of The Future of Education is Experi...

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We Have Never Taught Critical Thinking. "...while we tout the importance of critical thinking skills for college graduates, we do very little to explicitly teach those skills." #CriticalThinking www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

We Have Never Taught Critical Thinking (opinion)

AI just makes those failures evident.

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