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Innovation OPEN House - Join us!

You are cordially invited to the Innovation OPEN House hosted by the IT Innovation + Research team! 

Join us for an exciting afternoon exploring cutting-edge projects and transformative technologies that are shaping the future of higher education. This event will showcase extended reality-based (virtual, augmented, and mixed reality) interactive demonstrations, discussions with colleagues, and opportunities for collaboration across disciplines. Your insights and expertise are invaluable to driving innovation forward, and we look forward to discussing how we can work together.

Featured demonstrations:

• Exploring Extended Reality (XR) Technologies and Pedagogical Innovations in Teaching and Learning
  (Presenter: Paul Hillman, Affiliate of Practice Professor of Management, Seidman College of Business)
• Extended Reality (XR) Demonstration / Innovation Call for Proposals
  (Presenter: Hunter Bridwell, Emerging Technologies Coordinator, I+R)
• XR and AI Innovation at the GVSU Simulation Center
  (Ty Rizer, Emerging Technology Developer, Simulation Center)
• Leverage AI to Auto-Generate XR Lesson Plans on the Fly with Ludenso
  (Presenter: Joseph Van Harken, Innovator in Residence, I+R)

Join US for our Innovation OPEN House on Tuesday, October 29, from 2:30-4:30pm in the futureEDlab in Zumberge 3015.

There will be light refreshments available.

We hope to see you there!

Check out this blog post and highlight from our last open house: "Uncovering the Future of Education at the Innovation OPEN House"

The Laker Learning Futures Initiative brings together faculty with inspiration to experiment with innovative pedagogies and technologies in teaching.

As part of this initiative, faculty members at GVSU who enjoy exploring the future of learning and new technologies in teaching, are invited to join the Faculty Futures Team.

The Faculty Futures Team is a select group of early adopter faculty, who will be among the first to accelerate and incubate ideas as well as beta test new tools for education, while providing valuable feedback as the university designs the next generation of teaching and learning environments.

To join, please complete the sign-up form, and we will be in touch soon with next steps!

Connect with Us!

Have a faculty futures idea? Would you like to learn more?

Please contact:

• Robert Talbert
  Innovation + Research Presidential Fellow for the Advancement of Learning, Professor of Mathematics
• Eric Kunnen
  Senior Director, Information Technology Division, Innovation + Research

Areas of Investigation and Experimentation

AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Discovering, exploring, and experimenting with AI in teaching and learning. 

XR (Extended Reality)

Facilitating the development of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, contributing to immersive learning experiences at GVSU.

360 Degree and Volumetric Video

Exploring the use of 360 degree video content as well as state-of-the-art volumetric video capabilities.

Digital Inking

Discovering, evaluating, and analyzing the pedagogical affordances of digital inking for teaching and learning at GVSU. Digital inking enables annotation, handwriting, interactive whiteboarding (instead of traditional whiteboards), and pen-based input offering greater flexibility and interactivity with on screen content.

Mobile Zoom Room Interactive Displays, Digital Signage, and Workspace Reservation

This project involves evaluating Zoom Room videoconferencing capabilities in a mobile format with interactivity. These mobile carts can instantly create a Zoom Room experience without the need for a permanent install, offering flexibility. Finally, the interactive touch screen provides unique whiteboard activities. Additionally, mobile speaker, camera, and microphone technology to provide a roaming Zoom Room capability. Further, evaluation in capabilities to expand use of Zoom as a unified communication as a service platform for digital signage and hotdesking/hoteling/workspace reservation capabilities.

Wireless Presentation

Increasing flexibility in the classroom to share mobile screens in support of digital inking and wireless display of content.

More to come!

Have an area of interest? Reach out to us!

Additional Faculty Resources at GVSU

eLearning Technologies

• The Information Technology Division's eLearning Technologies team offers instructional design, digital media development, and support in the use of instructional technologies, including the University's learning management system.

Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center

• The Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center provides a wide array of faculty services to promote a scholarly approach to teaching and learning, such as Faculty Learning Communities. Further, the FTLC offers a series of grants, including the Teaching Innovation Grant, which is intended to support faculty pursuing innovative projects.