Rob Theriault has recently become Georgian College’s immersive lead, finding ways to employ XR technologies to enhance learning in various courses. He explains how faculties need to become innovation adopters if their students are to do the sa

Cultivating Curiosity & Encouraging Innovation with 3D Learning, featuring AltruTec’s Olivia Wenzel

Aug 16th, 2020 25m 13s

Olivia Wenzel may be Julie’s youngest guest yet, but her youth hasn’t stopped her from launching a startup — AltruTec — or teaming with Julie on the VRARA’s Parent & Student Resource, or using VR to combat dementia.Julie: Hello, everyo

XR for Crossover Podcast - Julie and Alan Smithson Chat About Education and Immersive Learning

Aug 9th, 2020 35m 14s

After a short hiatus, Julie is back with a special episode, where she interviews (is interviewed by?) her partner in business and life, Alan Smithon, who you may know from our sister podcast, XR for Business.Julie: Hi, my name is Julie

Designing Accessibility into UX, with Dylan Fox & Devin Boyle

Jun 28th, 2020 25m 33s

Designing a user experience (UX) and ensuring accessibility in XR boils down to basically the same task; addressing the needs of the user. We have Dylan Fox and Devin Boyle from XR Access on to talk about designing with accessibility in mind f

Going From What to Why with Experiential Learning, featuring Inspirit VR’s Aditya Vishwanath

Jun 21st, 2020 21m 14s

Learning complex STEM concepts like physics or chemistry off a chalkboard is no easy task, because it removes a key factor from the equation - presence. Inspirit VR’s Aditya Vishwanath explains how giving that presence back ignites a learner’s

Putting XR Accessibility First, with CNIB’s Yvonne Felix

Jun 14th, 2020 23m 23s

XR tech often has a visual focus, but we have to be careful in that line of thinking; those who are visually impaired might be left out of the conversation otherwise. Yvonne Felix, an inclusion expert at CNIB, knows from experience that the vi

Fighting COVID-19 My Way: Preparing for the Worst in VR, with Broadstairs College’s Tim Jackson

May 31st, 2020 24m 25s

Today’s guest, Broadstairs College Computing Programme Director Tim Jackson, saw COVID-19 coming, and expected it to flip the education system on its head. Luckily, it was the perfect opportunity to experiment transferring the classroom to a v

The Human Need for Presence in XR, with Caitlin Krause

May 28th, 2020 26m 51s

When we deepen our level of presence in XR, it translates to how we lead better, manage better, and learn better. This pays dividends in our connection and wellbeing in the "real world," too! That’s what today’s guest, author and XR designer

Envisioning Travel in VR, with Winged Whale Media’s Jason Palmer

May 24th, 2020 18m 19s

XR tech is great for the extended classroom, but it’s not the only way it can be used to teach. Jason Palmer explains how Winged Whale Media is using VR and 360 video to train tour guides on travel destinations they can’t travel to right now.

Stoking Curiosity with XR, featuring Sam Nulf

May 17th, 2020 16m 50s

It’s a blessing that XR technologies exist to help kids continue to learn through the COVID-19 pandemic. But if we just treat the tech as a delivery system for classroom homework, we’re doing students a disservice. Education consultant Sam Nul

Investing in the Well-Being of Educators, with James McCrary

May 3rd, 2020 24m 17s

“Pivoting” isn’t just an industry term anymore - in the wake of COVID-19, educators have had to pivot as well, quickly adopting XR collaboration and video conferencing technologies just to teach their students. Educational consultant and innov

Empowering Educators by Getting Immersive, with apelab's Emilie Joly

Apr 26th, 2020 17m 52s

We often say that some concepts can only be taught to students spatially, and getting them inside some VR is the best way to do it. Emilie Joly from apelab visits with Julie to explain how that same concept, applied to educators, inspired Zoe.

Coordinating Virtual Squirrels, with Springboard VR’s Craig Frehlich

Apr 16th, 2020 21m 33s

Today’s guest, Craig Frehlich, is an educational consultant, and first saw the learning potential of VR on a trip to the mall with his son. But he drops in to stress the experience itself isn’t going to teach much, without a discussion with stu

Coordinating Virtual Squirrels, with Education Consultant Craig Frehlich

Apr 16th, 2020 21m 33s

ANNOUNCING: The XR Collaboration Project

Apr 9th, 2020 6m 26s

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled podcast for this special announcement, where Julie introduces the XR Collaboration project. MetaVRse, along with other major players in the XR space, have come together to develop an easy-to-use guide for

XR for Learning Course: Beginning a New Education from Home

Apr 5th, 2020 9m 32s

Many of us are experimenting with homeschooling at the moment, whether we want to or not. Julie hopes to help listeners by offering a glimpse into the Smithson home, and how she's educating her two daughters while schools are closed.

The Netiquette of XR, with Silicon Harlem's Ben Erwin PART 2

Apr 2nd, 2020 20m 24s

In virtual space, the sky's the limit -- literally. Your Avatars can fly and teleport and change form in an instant, even in a relatively mundane collaboration meeting or classroom setting. Ben Erwin of Silicon Harlem returns to discuss the de

Learning in Stereo, with Silicon Harlem's Ben Erwin PART 1

Mar 29th, 2020 17m 23s

Volumetric video and other spatial 3D technologies allows us to add a Z axis to the way we learn. Director of Silicon Harlem Ben Erwin is on the show to discuss teaching in the same three dimensions we all live in.Julie: Hello, my name

Giving Students the Steering Wheel in their XR Education, with ARVRinEDU’s Jaime Donally

Mar 26th, 2020 19m 33s

For any learning to take place in the next few weeks, parents and educators are going to have to get creative in their teaching methods. Jaime Donally founded ARVRinEDU to help them find ways to introduce XR into their curriculum, and she tell

Forecasting for Innovation Part 2 – The Execution Roadmap, with The Startup Station’s Victoria Yampolsky

Mar 22nd, 2020 13m 14s

Picking up where she left off, Victoria talks about how times like these can be either a bane or an unexpected boon for fledgling startups, and how to tell where you fit on that spectrum. Listen to Part 1 here.Julie: Hello, everyon

Forecasting for Innovation Part 1 - Preparing for the Worst, with The Startup Station’s Victoria Yampolsky

Mar 19th, 2020 17m 40s

One of the first hurdles any organization must leap in the adoption of new technology is funding it. In this special two-part episode, Julie chats with The Startup Station founder Victoria Yampolsky about how to plan your budget, for the best

Putting the Power of VR in the Teacher's Hand, with Grove Learning's Sean Strong

Mar 15th, 2020 16m 15s

As today's guest, Grove Learning CEO Sean Strong, says: just because something's cutting-edge, doesn't mean it has to be a pain to use. That's the philosophy behind his company, which aims to make introducing VR into a classroom easy and effic

XR for Learning Course: Adopting AR for K-12

Mar 12th, 2020 11m 1s

In this episode of XR for Learning, Julie discusses how technologies like augmented reality will be crucial for educating kids from Kindergarten to High School, to prepare them for their future roles in a post-XR workforce.

Using GEMBA to Help Adopt VR in Enterprise, with The Learning Network's Dominic Deane

Mar 8th, 2020 16m 2s

For a lot of us, we think learning ends when our working life begins. But not only is that untrue; being able to learn new skills for our careers is only going to become more important. Dominic Deane drops in to talk about how GEMBA is helping

Learning Languages Online Using Virtual Watermelons, with Gold Lotus' Michael McDonald

Mar 1st, 2020 14m 45s

Teaching a language is a lot easier when you share a room with your pupil, and have the benefit of human interaction and body language to bolster the lesson. With VR, today's guest Michael McDonald is able to do that for students in Norway, al