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Enhancing Teaching and Learning Using Virtual and Immersive Technologies

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Alan Carbery, Daniel Nowacki, Elise Gowen, James Frazee, Jamie Nelson, Jerry Reen, Louise Rainford, Megan Baird, Órla Murphy, Sean Hauze, Stephanie Chen, Zade Bosco Lobo

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Penn State University, San Diego State University, University College Cork, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Education, Information and Communication Technologies, Services, Teaching & Learning

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Digital Learning, Student Success, Teaching and Learning Practice

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Video playlist of recordings from UCC Library’s Enhancing Teaching and Learning Using Virtual and Immersive Technologies Seminar.

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This online seminar from UCC Library explored the ways in which VR has been used as an innovative instructional application and provided insights into the “when,” “why” and “how” of using VR to maximize learning impact and support student engagement and success. Presenters were from a range of backgrounds and spoke on their experiences in VR, whether that be sharing knowledge on embedding VR in a course or facilitating access through support services like libraries.

Learning outcomes for the seminar were to (1) consider the benefits and potential of VR in education in enhancing learning, teaching, and overall digital capability, (2) identify possible VR applications for their own teaching and learning, (3) understand the resources and requirements needed for using VR in educational contexts, (4) consider the enhancements to the interdisciplinary learning experience using virtual and immersive technologies.

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Carbery, A., Nowacki, D., Gowen, E., Frazee, J., Nelson, J., Reen, J., Rainford, L., Baird, M., Murphy, Ó., Hauze, S., Chen, S., & Lobo, Z. B. (16/02/2022). Enhancing teaching and learning using virtual and immersive technologies. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/enhancing-teaching-and-learning-using-virtual-and-immersive-technologies/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).

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This resource captures key insights from a full-day workshop held on 8 May 2025, hosted by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and led by internationally recognised expert Dr Alison Cook-Sather. The event focused on the transformative potential of authentic student-staff partnerships as a strategic approach to advancing student engagement, success, and institutional effectiveness.

Attended by academic staff, institutional leaders, student success professionals, and sector partners from across Ireland, the workshop featured a combination of keynote presentations, lightning talks, and interactive sessions. Through real-world examples and hands-on activities, participants explored how to build meaningful, inclusive, and sustainable collaboration between students and staff.

For the full event schedule and a complete list of lightning talk contributors to this slide deck, visit the workshop schedule.

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This survey was adapted from a North American Faculty OER Survey Toolkit for use in the Irish Higher Education context. It was used across the DOERs project partner sites to audit staff Open Educational Resources and Open Educational Practices awareness and practices. We encourage other institutions to adapt this tool to meet their needs.

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Two modules are available on this page one for educators and one for mentors to learn how to engage in mentoring sessions with students. The page also has access to the Community Mentoring Handbook (for mentors), Mentee Toolkit (for second-level students taking part in sessions) and the Adult Ed Handbook(for adult learners taking part in sessions).

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