Stanford Online Launches Immersive Learning Studio
Stanford Online recently marked its 30th anniversary with the announcement of a new immersive learning studio that takes advantage of AI-powered and immersive learning technologies to continue delivering personalized and faculty-led education.
The new facility allows faculty to create and customize educational experiences using VR, AR, and AI, the university reported. With Stanford Online having reached 22.4 million learners around the world since 2012, it now offers faculty the infrastructure to continue advancing learning methods to create immersive, personalized, and impactful experiences for students.
"This studio will enable us to create more immersive learning experiences, which we will pair with the evolution in AI to develop personalization in learning on a global scale," said Carissa Little, associate dean, Global and Online Education, Stanford School of Engineering and executive director.
The studio's amenities include a 20x12-foot 4K LED wall, cinematic cameras, and a greenscreen cyclorama; faculty and other content creators can merge live footage with digital environments in real time and implement AI-enabled workflows. The studio's dedicated control room allows for monitoring camera feeds, mixing audio, and cueing graphics. Finally, the nearby server room houses power for the video wall, five remote editing stations, and a 672-TB storage area network, the news release reports.
"Everything we do is faculty-led. The faculty teaching our courses are leaders in their fields. Their research and expertise drive innovation in technology development and knowledge discovery, which directly informs our curriculum," said Little. "The studio launch is a major milestone in our journey of continuous innovation in education, but it's also the beginning of a new chapter in our history. We're on the threshold of what is arguably the most consequential era in our history, where we now have the capability to extend research-based learning at a scale that was previously unimaginable."
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