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Meetup #27: International Virtual Exchanges & XR

Thu, Sep 26, 2024,
16:00 - 17:30 CEST

Keen to dive into XR’s role within the realm of international virtual exchanges, discovering how these programmes can be established and sustained as well as their potential for fostering inter-institutional student collaboration?

If so, you’ll be pleased to hear that we’ll very soon be welcoming Dario Fazzi, Professor of Transatlantic Environmental History at Leiden University and coordinator of a number of three to five week-long international virtual exchanges!

Tailored to explore the historical roots and contemporary developments of environmental democracy, Dario’s programmes give Leiden University students the opportunity to collaborate with those in academic institutions across the US. Together, amongst other tasks, they identify places of environmental distress on self-built digital maps and create digital content for VR videos.

To hear more about the motivations and processes behind Dario’s projects as well as their practicalities and potential future manifestations, do come join us!

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About the Meetups

XR ERA organizes regular meetups to share knowledge, ideas, and experiences on various XR-related topics. Got an insight, experience, or project to share, or would you like to start a discussion? You’re welcome to present your work, questions, and challenges during a meetupThe XR ERA team organizes the meetups. Reach us at xrcommunity@llinc.leidenuniv.nl with your topic suggestion.

Past Meetups

360° Videos in Healthcare Education | Recap Meetup #35

360° Videos in Healthcare Education | Recap Meetup #35

On October 30th, we were delighted to welcome Nynke de Jonge, who presented Maastricht University's extensive implementation of 360° videos in their healthcare education. This implementation started in 2016, after students in the Care in Context module experienced a...

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VR’s Impact on Youth Mental Health | Recap Meetup #33

VR’s Impact on Youth Mental Health | Recap Meetup #33

On July 1st, we were joined by Nina Krupljanin, a PhD candidate at Leiden University's Institute of Education and Child Studies who has been researching the use of Virtual Reality as a means of conducting trauma therapy for children. In her presentation, she guided us...

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Flanders’ XR Action Plan | Recap Meetup #32

Flanders’ XR Action Plan | Recap Meetup #32

For our 32nd Meetup, we were thrilled to be joined by Louise Paepe from RTC Antwerp to share with us the process and successes of the Flemish XR Action Plan. Working with several hundred Flemish educational institutions allowed those involved in the large-scale plan...

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International Virtual Exchanges & XR | Recap Meetup #27

International Virtual Exchanges & XR | Recap Meetup #27

On September 26th, we were delighted to welcome Dario Fazzi to share with us his successfully-implemented Virtual Exchange (VE) programme at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Following a call from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science to...

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StereoKit | Recap Meetup #23

StereoKit | Recap Meetup #23

On the 13th of March, the XR ERA community gathered for an interactive workshop on StereoKit - an “easy-to-use open-source mixed reality library for building HoloLens and VR applications with C# and OpenXR”.   Throughout the hour and a half spent together, we had the...

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Future Forecasting in XR | Recap Meetup #21

Future Forecasting in XR | Recap Meetup #21

On the 8th of November, the XR ERA community came together for an interactive workshop on the topic of Future Forecasting in XR. Grounded in the methodology of Future Foresight, we were challenged to contemplate a range of scenarios ranging from the commonplace to the...

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