Harvard University hosted an Immersive Education Day on December 8,2007 from 2-5 p.m at the Askwith Lecture Hall in the Longfellow hall. Immersive Education enhances the learning experience through a range of media tools. Such media tools are 3D graphics,virtual reality, virtual chat,commercial game and game stimulation technologies and web cams.
The event is absolutely free and everyone is welcome. The main speakers of the event include Aaron E. Walsh of Boston College, Gene Koo of Harvard Law School, Timothy Magder Director of the US Department of Education, Jeff Orkin of MIT, and John Caforda of Amherst College. These presenters will advise the public on why immersive education matters and how it is used in the classroom and elsewhere.
Jeff Orkin is a research assistant at MIT. He is also a PhD student studing in the media lab under the guidance of Professor Deb Roy. Orkin has developed several Artificial Intelligence systems in the gaming industry.
Gene Koo is doing reasearch on how media systems affect legal education and the legal system. He graduated from Havard College magda cum laude in 1997 . He also graduated the Harvard Law School cum laude in 2002.
Aaron E. Walsh is the founder and lead designer of the Media Grid Institute. He is also the co-founder of the Mantis Development Corporation. Walsh is also an award winning presenter in the industry. He was also mentioned in the computerworld list of 40 innovative TI people to watch.
For more information on the event visit:
http://mediagrid.org/news/2007-11_Harvard_Immersive_Education_Day.html
http://www.immersiveeducation.org/
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