Future of Education for Virtual and Augmented Reality (FEVAR)

Meetings in 2020:

Dear FEVAR Meetup,

The last meeting of the semester will be on ZOOM – see invite below. After that, we preview the next two talks for fall; the September one will be in ZOOM, but hopefully the October one will be in person! Fingers crossed.

Best,  

Mina C. Johnson-Glenberg

Friday April 24, 11:00AM

ZOOM (constant room number 536-8906223)

Speaker: Pratiti Sarkar

Title: Designing an Immersive AR Learning Environment for Geometry Education

Description: Emphasis will be placed on design decisions taken for creating our Augmented Reality based Learning Environment (ARLE) for Geometry education. The approaches of students in solving the AR-based problems and the responses of teachers to our ARLE will be discussed.

Pratiti is a Research Scholar at IDC School of Design

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India

INVITE:

Mina Johnson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting

Topic: FEVAR  Meeting

Time: Apr 24, 2020 11:00 AM Arizona

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://asu.zoom.us/j/5368906223

Or Telephone:

    Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):

        US: +1 669 900 6833  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 646 876 9923  or +1 253 215 8782

    Meeting ID: 536 890 6223

    International numbers available: https://asu.zoom.us/u/aB7xCDbjr

Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16699006833,,5368906223# or +13462487799,,5368906223#

Fall of 2020

Exact Schedule to be announced by August, 2020

Sept. 2020 – early in day also Zooming in from India…

Speaker Dr. Kaushal Bhagat

“AR and VR: The GAME CHANGERS!”

Assistant Professor, Centre for Educational Technology,

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

Assoc. Editor British Journal of Educational Technology

October, 2020

Lila Bozgeyikli, Ph.D.

Lila is an assistant professor at the University of Arizona School of Information. Her research areas span XR, video game design and development, and human-computer interaction. She is interested in blurring the boundary between the real-world and virtual worlds through novel forms of embodied interaction, leveraging interactive technologies for beneficial purposes, such as education, training, health and well-being, and enhancing user experience (UX).

Meetings in 2019:

January 17, 2019 - 4pm - Dr. Philippos Savvides (Physical Sciences Center F-Wing, Tempe)

February 21, 2019 - 4pm - Dennis Bonilla; The Future of XR in Education and Industry (Physical Sciences Center F-Wing, Tempe)

April 25, 2019 - 4pm - Dr. Mina C. Johnson-Glenberg; Highlights From the ASU XR Challenge 

Previous Meetings, 2018 
(Note meetings now at: Physical Sciences Building, Wing F (PSF) – Student Success Center on first floor.  Tempe Campus Time 4PM to 5ish.)

• January 25 — Retha Hill, Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Engaging News Consumers with Immersive VR 
• February 22 — Ariel Anbar, School of Earth and Space Exploration; Guided Discovery in Virtual Worlds 
• April 26 — Ian Douglas, Institute for the Science of Teaching and Learning  The History and Future VR/AR in Education and Training, then a hands-on demonstration will be held.
• September 20, 2018 – Robert LiKamWa – from AME
• October 18, 2018 - Penny Dolin and Chad Westover – From Poly

Previous Meetings, 2017

• October 19  — Mina Johnson, Department of Psychology; Introductions and Design Considerations for Education in VR 
• November 30 — Charles Kazilek, Office of University Provost; Where VR Meets AR