The World in Your Classroom: The Experience Catalogue

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | 2:45PM–4:15PM ET | West Prefunction- Poster14
Session Type: Poster Session
Delivery Format: Poster Session
Immersive content offers educators the ability to open doors from their classrooms into the lives of others, into ordinarily hidden worlds and even the farthest reaches of the universe. How can we best contextualize this 360-degree and VR material to ensure that its teaching value is recognized and readily explained across disciplines? The IMEX Lab at Penn State's Media Commons aims to do just this with its Experience Catalogue. Learn more about its development and delve into the growing collection of curated and faculty-suggested materials.

Outcomes: Discover a resource that makes finding educationally valuable immersive content easy * Learn more about uses of 360-degree video and VR in the classroom * Experience content firsthand using a variety of state-of-the-art, approachable technology

Presenters

  • Dan Getz Getz

    Multimedia Specialist, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Nick Smerker

    Traveling Media Consultant, The Pennsylvania State University