The Harvard Interactive Media Group presents... Immersive Education Day @ Harvard University: Presenting the Past, Present and Future of Immersive Education When: Saturday, December 8th, 2-5PM Where: Askwith Lecture Hall in Longfellow Hall The Harvard Interactive Media Group and the Grid Institute are hosting a free half-day event to explore and discuss Immersive Education--the use of interactive 3d graphics, commercial game and simulation technology, virtual reality and other cutting-edge digital media tools to invigorate and enhance teaching practice. Educators, researchers and administrators from Harvard University, Boston College, MIT Media Lab, Amherst College and the United States Department of Education will give a series of presentations and demonstrations to provide attendees with an overview of Immersive Education and how virtual world and game-based learning technologies are used in and out of the classroom today. Speaker Schedule: Enabling the Age of Immersive Education [2-2:30pm EST] Aaron E. Walsh, Director, Immersive Education Initiative | Faculty, Boston College Placeworlds: Fostering Civic Engagement through Immersive Education [2:30-3pm EST] Gene Koo, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School School 2.0 and Immersive Education [3-3:30pm EST] Timothy J. Magner, Director, U.S. Department of Education | Advisor, Immersive Education Initiative The Restaurant Game: New forms of Artificial Intelligence for Immersive Education [3:30-4pm EST] Jeff Orkin, Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab | co-Chair, Immersive Education Initiative Pedagogy, Assessment, and Learning Outcomes for Immersive Education [4-4:30pm EST] John Carfora, Director of Sponsored Research, Amherst University | co- Chair, Immersive Education Initiative For more information, please contact: Sam Gilbert <sam.o.gilbert(a)gmail.com> Map to Longfellow Hall: http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm? mapname=camb_allston&tile=F7&quadrant=A&series=W _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars