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Time: 12:00 pm Location: EWFM Library Type of event: In-person

The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning invites all Lehigh faculty to our XR Community of Practice fall meet-up on Friday, November 22 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the CITL Commons located in EWFM Library. Light lunch will be provided.

Our guest speaker will be Dr. Larry Tartaglia, Teaching Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Biology and CITL Faculty Fellow. Professor Tartaglia has been at the forefront of integrating VR and AR resources into his teaching toolkit at Lehigh, and will share his experience having students build their own interactive virtual worlds (utilizing the Spatial.io platform) in his Virology course, and how it affected their learning outcomes. He will also touch on his goal of introducing VR into high school Biology classes in the local communities.

In addition to a look at Spatial, we’ll also provide an overview of other virtual world building and immersive classroom tools like FrameVR and VictoryXR. Plus, we’ll share about projects and classes CITL has been supporting this semester. We also hope to hear from others about their current use, experiences, or work with XR! If you've never been to one of our meet-ups before, it's a great way to make connections with other Lehigh folks with similar interests in XR and immersive learning.

Pizza lunch will be provided, so please RSVP by Wednesday, November 20. We hope to see you there! ALL are welcome - students, faculty, and staff!

What is the XR Community of Practice?

Lehigh's XR Community of Practice comprises faculty, students, and staff with an interest in the field of XR and how it can spark innovation in teaching, learning, and research within the Lehigh community and beyond. Through our discussion of all areas of XR including Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and other immersive learning technologies, we are supporting today’s future makers. We meet once a semester with the purpose of sharing news and information, calls for collaboration across programs, and just general networking with others with similar interests and a desire to explore the fields of XR.