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The Impact of Virtual Reality on Learning
As virtual reality goes mainstream and provides new ways for students to interact and gain hands-on experience, it's important to experiment and demonstrate the technology's potential learning benefits.
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6 Ways to Feed Innovation in Your Library
Once the initial dazzle of your new (or remade) library has worn off, just how do you keep up the pace and flavor of innovation? An expert from North Carolina State University offers her take.
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EdX Certificate Programs Aim to Deliver Immediate Pathways to Careers
New edX programs, created in collaboration with industry professionals and universities, are designed to build or advance critical skills for in-demand careers like software development and data science.
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Research

Report Reveals Community College Innovations, Tech Planning Priorities
Community colleges are undertaking projects in open educational resources, mobile environments, telepresence robots and many other initiatives intended to help improve services to the campus community. Recognizing those efforts is the idea behind the annual "Digital Community College Survey," produced by the Center for Digital Education.
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Apple, Samsung Flat as Mobile Market Grows Beyond Expectations
Despite gloomier predictions, the mobile phone market grew 4.3 percent worldwide in the first quarter of 2017, with No. 1 Samsung and No. 2 Apple declining slightly in their overall share of the market as Chinese manufacturers surged upward.
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VR/AR & Mobile News

Tech Allows Workers, Students to Augment Knowledge in the Real World
New location-aware “knowledge injections” on the cloud-based EON Reality Augmented Virtual Reality platform provide contextual knowledge in real time, helping users to facilitate a manufacturing, maintenance, repair or operation procedure, and more.
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Immersive Tech Brings VR to Live Events
Intel’s Voke VR enables users to be where the action is without leaving their living rooms.
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2U Acquires GetSmarter for $103 Million to Expand Non-Degree Alternatives
The deal accelerates two of 2U’s strategic growth initiatives: expanding internationally and offering non-degree alternatives.
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New Google Earth Has Exciting Features for Teachers
Google has recently released a brand new version of Google Earth for both Chrome and Android. This new version has come with a slew of nifty features teachers can use for educational purposes with students in class.
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Speak to Go Allows Voice to Direct VR Experiences
A new web program by Google allows users to explore the world in virtual reality (VR) by just speaking the name of a place. Speak to Go is activated by a user’s voice.
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Incubator Launches Program to Support Student-Created Ed Tech
The project is intended to encourage students to create innovations in education and development and make them available through an eventual marketplace the company will host.
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Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of May 1, 2017)
Upcoming Grants, Funding & Award Opportunities
- NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund
  Sponsor: NCWIT with support from Microsoft Research
  Award: Up to $10,000 per project funded plus travel expenses to annual summit
  Number of Awards: TBD
  Application Deadline: Oct. 30, 2017
  Note: Applicant's institution must be an NCWIT member. (Membership is free.) The award focus is on programs "to develop and implement initiatives for recruiting or retaining women in computing and IT."
- VentureWell Faculty Grants (developing curriculum for promoting STEM entrepreneurship)
  Sponsor: VentureWell
  Award: Up to $30,000
  Number of Awards: TBD
  Application Deadline: Nov. 8, 2017
  Note: Applicant's institution must be a VentureWell member. See list of member institutions here.
- ACM Athena Lecturer Award
  Sponsor: ACM and Google
  Award: Up to $25,000 plus travel expenses to ACM conference
  Number of Awards: 1
  Application Deadline: Nov. 30, 2017
  Note: "This award celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to Computer Science."
Upcoming Events
- Construct3D 2017
  May 5–7
  Duke University (Durham, NC)
- TDWI Chicago Conference
  May 7–12, 2017
  Chicago, IL
- SANS Security West 2017
  May 9–18, 2017
  San Diego, CA
- IMS Global Learning Consortium Learning Impact Leadership Institute
  May 16–19, 2017
  Denver, CO
- NISOD 2017 International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence
  May 27–30
  Austin, TX
- Learning Summit 2017
  June 11–14
  Paradise Valley, AZ
- 2017 NMC Summer Conference
  June 13–15
  Boston, MA
- InfoComm 2017
  June 14–16
  Orlando, FL
- Innovative and Creative Education and Teaching International Conference
  June 21–23
  Badajoz, Spain
- ALA 2017 Annual Conference
  June 22–27
  Chicago, IL
- SCUP-52 Annual Conference
  July 8–12
  Washington, DC
- Campus Technology 2017
  July 17–20
  Chicago, IL
- Serious Play Conference
  July 18–20
  George Mason University Science and Technology Campus, Manassas, VA
- 2017 Clute International Conference on Education (ICE)
  July 30–Aug. 3
  New York
Call for Nominations, Papers & Proposals
- Serious Play Conference
  International Serious Games Awards Submissions Due: May 1, 2017 (student games) (Award entries: seriousplayconf.com/awards)
  Event: July 18–20
  George Mason University Science and Technology Campus, Manassas, VA
Upcoming Webinars
- Better Prepare Your Campus Against the Evolving Threatscape
  Date: May 16
  Time: 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET
  Sponsor: Duo Security
- Collaboration Wins the Day with Mobile Strategies
  Date: May 23
  Time: 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET
  Sponsor: Guidebook
- For the latest listings, visit campustechnology.com.
Webinars on Demand
- Managing The Integrated Student Cloud
  Sponsor: Oracle
- Meeting Student Needs with Day One Access to Digital Materials
  Sponsor: VitalSource
- Oregon State University Accelerates Virtual Learning Labs & 3D Graphics for Students Around the World
  Sponsor: NVIDIA and Citrix
- Diving into Drupal: Princeton’s Multi-site Migration Success with Open-source
  Sponsor: Acquia
- Revolutionize Your Higher Ed IT Strategy: How to do more with less
  Sponsor: Kaseya
- A New Approach to Active Learning Environments
  Sponsor: Sony
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Professional Resources

Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, wearables and mobile devices are changing the way we communicate and the way students learn. IMMERSE covers this fast-paced realm, helping IT professionals and educators alike stay current on key trends, cutting-edge products and pioneering projects enabling immersive, engaging experiences for today's tech-savvy students. Published twice monthly.

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Features

Research

VR/AR & Mobile News

Upcoming Grants, Funding & Award Opportunities

Upcoming Events

Call for Nominations, Papers & Proposals

Upcoming Webinars

Webinars on Demand

Professional Resources