An enjoyable experience: Anna Newell helps us immerse in an African song 'Somyamay'
These video clips provide a flavour of the different stages of the process.
Under Construction
The conference began with an introduction of the team and several excersises led by Anna Newell aimed at encouraging participants' to think about
the nature of experience (click here and here to see examples). Click here to briefly see the responses of participants.
Click here to see a slide show.
2. How do Immersive experiences fit within experiential learning?
David Boud spoke on Immersive Learning, drawing from his own paper. The presentation also included an oppertunity for
groups to discuss the issues raised (click here to see a discussion in progress).
3. Appreciative Inquiry What is an Immersive experience?
Participants formed pairs and then left to discuss thier own Immersive expierences, rexamining them using a set of
questions they were provided. The purpose of this discussion was to grow a proposition about immersive experiences from the two stories
which could be further discussed by the entire group in the poster and voting session. after, with the eventual goal being to determine what issues
In the spirit of the conference the film crew gave participants their own video cameras. Click the link below to see what happened.
4. Making sense of Immersive Experiences.
(click here to see a slide show.)
5. Emergence of discussion topics in an Open Space forum around the theme of immersive experience in HE
Film clip. Richard Seel led the group in an Open Forum (click here for an explanation of an Open Space Forum) in which, drawing from the propositions made
6. Leading the blind - An immersive experience (click here to see slide show)
To close the first day Anna Newell led the group through an immersive excersise.
In the evening the group attended a lively supper, followed by a singing excersise. Participants again had thier own video cameras.
8. Immersive Experiences in HE.
In the morning of the second day the topics that emerged from the Open Space were discussed. Open Space principles were used to guide discussion activity (see the film clip above).
The film crew conducted a series of interviews which can be seen here. One of the issues discussed was the place of immersive learning in higher education.
Interviews
9. Feedback and Feedforward.
10. Conference Evaluation and Symbolic Closure.