The University Libraries open houses featured TLT visits to Fayette, Greater Allegheny and New Kensington September4, September 16-17 and September 23+26, respectively.
At Fayette, TLT partnered with landscape contracting lead, Margaret Hoffman for a faculty session entitled “Leveraging Immersive Experiences in Place Based Education.” Ten faculty were joined by campus instructional design in a lively conversation about potential uses in varied course settings.
The theme at Greater Allegheny was “backstage pass” where TLT demoed Meta Quest 3 headsets as the “Virtual Insanity” stop on the set list portion or the event. Over 45 students stopped by the room, several repeat customers returning on day two to beat their high scores or practice a new meditation.
For New Kensington, headsets leveraged 360º video to have students visit Haiti, the 2024-2025 country of focus, and then reflect on what they learned. Over 120 students attended the two day event, all of whom learned about the availability of immersive resources on their campus.