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Attending the Immersive Learning Research Conference 2020

This is the main stage at the iLRN conference 2020.
13th July 202024th November 2020
Paul Blatch
Events, News

Captain’s Log:  June 2020 I find myself in a strange world. The inhabitants are sentient yet look like cartoons. They appear to be talking to me in my own language, asking me questions about my latest work in innovation. No,

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Virtual Reality for Education

Student and teacher using VR
28th August 201929th August 2019
Mimi Lee
News

What is Virtual Reality (VR)? Here in the Digital Learning team, we are constantly looking into new tools and technologies that will enhance education. This year was no exception as we invested time and effort into the world of Virtual

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Digital Learning supporting SOTSEF – Guest post

A small child wearing a VR headset and looking at the floor.
23rd April 201926th April 2019
Sarah Fielding
News

At the SOTSEF Science and Engineering Day on Saturday 16th March, the Digital Learning team provided support to the Black Sea MAP stand with their Oculus Go VR headsets. These were used to take over 800 visitors, from 2 to

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ecoffee @ SGH: Virtual Reality in education

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
26th March 201912th July 2019
Anna Ruff
Events, Tech tips

February’s eCoffee saw attendees taken on a series of virtual adventures, using Oculus Go headsets.  Recent university Virtual Reality (VR) projects include creating interactive 360 experiences from footage gathered on field trips.  This supports students in getting the most out of the trip by preparing

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Virtual Reality for UoS Open Days

A woman wearing a VR headset.
17th October 20182nd May 2019
Sarah Fielding
News

Why Open Days? At Open days we want to give prospective students and their parents a strong sense of the UOS experience and showcase our unique selling points when it comes to Programmes of Study. For courses which include a

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Digital Learning on location: Dale Field course, Wales

9th October 20187th May 2019
Sarah Fielding
Creating Content, Innovation, News

Scene setting Following our attendance on the BIOL1001 Fieldcourse in Spain earlier this year (outputs are still in production), the Digital Learning team was invited to attend the SOES2030 Dale Field Marine Biology Fieldcourse in West Wales. Our mission was primarily to capture

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Oculus Here we GO!

5th September 201816th May 2020
Mimi Lee
Creating Content, Events, Innovation

One of the best things about my job in the Digital Learning team is that I get to play/test new technology to enhance learning. One new emerging technology is the Oculus Go Virtual Reality headset. In the past we have built

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Ready, Steady, Go!

A bleak future for the real world? Image copyright Amblin Entertainment.
17th August 201816th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
News

Ready (Player One) The novel by Ernest Cline (and now a major 2018 feature film) sets out a future where most of humanity uses virtual reality software “to escape the desolation of the real world”. Sounds grim? Smartphones and tablets have become deeply

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On location: DigiLearn in Spain

19th April 201816th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
Creating Content, Innovation, News

The outdoor ‘office’ At the end of March, members of the Digital Learning Team accompanied staff and students on fieldwork for the BIOL1001 module, Experimental and Field Biology. Students visit the south of Spain for hands-on experience in identifying plants

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Experiencing Virtual Reality: we tried it…will you?

A woman wearing a VR headset.
19th January 201816th May 2020
Sarah Fielding
Events, Innovation, News

Just before Christmas, the Digital Learning Team hosted a visit by Altro Orbis, a company specialising in VR experiences. We asked them to bring a couple of HTC Vive rigs (one of the market leaders in VR hardware) and invited staff from

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