Virtual Realities in Education Seminar on 26 January 2023

Welcome to hear about the latest innovations in education using various digital technologies and virtual reality (VR) platforms.

This hybrid seminar is arranged jointly by the ENVISION_2027 Erasmus+ project and the Faculty of Medicine’s Learning Methods and Environments Committee, University of Turku.

Please, see the programme below, and REGISTER by 19 January 2023.

26 January 2023 at 12.00–16.00 (Finland time GMT+2)
MEDISIINA D building, 1st floor, Säätiö lecture room & online via Zoom

Programme

12:05–12:10 (GMT+2) Opening of the Seminar – Petri Susi (University of Turku, UTU)

12:10–12:20 ENVISION_2027 Erasmus+ project – Leena Strauss, Anni Wärri (UTU)

12:20–12:50 Virtual simulations using Labster: experiences in teaching the Biomedicine Programmes at Karolinska Institutet (KI) – Louisa Cheung (Karolinska Institutet, KI)

12:50–13:20 Learning Analytics and Virtual Laboratories – Mohamed Saqr (University of Eastern Finland, UEF)

13:20–13:40 A new VR platform “Eduverse” for teaching AI for medicine students – Teppo Saarenpää (Turku University of Applied Sciences, TUAS; AIIS- Erasmus+ Project​) 

13:40–14:25 Coffee Break + Labster demo on site 

14:25–14:45 Using FrameVR for teaching interdisciplinary leadership and management in health and social care – Riitta Rosio (UTU)

14:45–15:05 Ocul-AR – A new mobile app for microscopy teaching and support – Laura Mairinoja (UTU) and Joanna Pylvänäinen (Åbo Akademi University, ÅAU)

15:05–15:25 Towards VR-assisted teaching of 3D histology – Pekka Ruusuvuori (UTU)

15:25–16:00 Revealing Erasmus+ project – latest news on VR Learning Environments in Higher Education – Tomasz Szemberg (Pedagogical University of Krakow) ​