Anouk TentenOriginally Dutch, I've been living for the past 6 years in Switzerland, and I am working in Education & Digital learning.
I have not had the pleasure to experience an Immersive Experience myself yet - I have seen several VR examples and AR mainly in my private life, for example the room/kitchen builder from Amikasa; where you can already build your kitchen / and do your interior in a virtual world and project items in your house. I used this tool to build my kitchen and small apartment in Amsterdam in 2010. Currently, at our school we have a VR housekeeping course, which is used more for the experience and exposure without having a significant impact on the learning outcome. I am very curious how VR /AR develops and how we will be using it soon in our daily lives and in education. |
Kirsten McKinnonWhen I enrolled in the MET program, my goal was to learn more about how to use education and technology in my work as a Career Coach. I am interested in learning how to use VR, constructivist theory/meaning-making and storytelling techniques to help people to construct and then immerse themselves in their preferred career futures.
I am also interested in techniques that assist our minds and bodies to conquer fear and experience success, together. I see virtual reality as an excellent fit for this purpose, as it offers immersive mind-body experiences that feel extraordinarily real. The neuroscience behind this is compelling: our brains can’t tell the difference between visualization and reality, and our brains can be re-wired through exposure to new experiences. VR can train us in who we are becoming, allowing us to achieve goals we deem to be impossible. In my current work with co-operative education students, a fear of job interviews is prevalent, so I provide a VR experience that provides a safe place for students to face this fear and then feel dramatically more confident in actual interviews. |
Mel DrakeA forever Texan, I am now living in Ontario, Canada, and working as a Communications instructor at Niagara College.
So far my XR experiences have been limited to an underwater experience viewed through a PS4 headset: Immersed in water floating in a cage, a shark was swimming around me, and I was looking all around and decided to look down at the ocean floor. All of a sudden, I heard banging noises and noticed the shark that had casually been swimming around me had broken the cage and was coming straight at me to attack. Scared out of my mind, my instinctive response was to yank the headset off! I am interested to have more immersive experiences and learn about how they shift education in the years to come. It was a true pleasure to create this OER, and I can't wait to hear all about others' experiences and ideas. |