Immersive Learning Symposium
Immersive Learning: Scalable, Comprehensive, and Effective
Immersive learning is critical to the future of healthcare, public safety, and national defense. It enables nurses, doctors, firefighters, police, and other first responders to learn using realistic scenarios to enhance critical thinking, adaptability, and teamwork. These skills are essential for handling complex, high-stakes situations effectively.
Investing in immersive learning gives organizations an opportunity to train and educate in a way that increases competence and confidence, ultimately improving community safety and patient outcomes.
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Secure your spot at this groundbreaking immersive learning symposium. Experience the power and potential of immersive learning to revolutionize training and education across disciplines, from health care to public safety to history. All presentations, tours, and vendor sessions will take place at:
Innovation Hall, 45085 University Drive, Ashburn, Virginia 20147
Immersive Learning
Explore the high-fidelity manikins and VR headset simulations that bring the GW School of Nursing’s classes to life! Join experts as they guide you in immersive learning and virtual reality tech.
Apple Vision Pro Demo
Take a look behind the curtain of Apple’s Vision Pro technology. Discover how immersive video technology is shaping the future of collaboration and connection worldwide.
Avkin Birthing Simulator
Experience Avbirth, an advanced wearable birthing simulator that provides nursing students with an immersive, realistic labor and delivery experience. Prepare for real-world maternal care.
Schedule of events
(All events will be held at Innovation Hall, First Floor, Room 105)
- 10 AM - Keynote: Keynote - Welcome by GW School of Nursing Dean Susan Kelly-Weeder, Ph.D., FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, and Associate Dean for BSN Programs Crystel Farina, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, CNE, CHSE
Keynote
Dean Susan Kelly-Weeder, Ph.D., FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Dean for BSN Programs Crystel Farina, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, CNE, CHSE
After a year of research and implementation, Dr. Farina and the Nursing Simulation team, in collaboration with AccessVR, are unveiling a new process for creating immersive learning experiences.
- 10:30 AM - Presentation: Cleanbox
Cleanbox Presentation
Amy Hedrick - CEO - Cleanbox Technology
Dr. Matthew Hardwick - President & CEO, ResInnova Laboratories
Learn about Cleanbox’s innovative solutions, which are shaping safety standards across healthcare, public safety, and beyond.
- 11 AM - Panel: Public Safety
Brain Trust Presentation: Public Safety Panel
JJ Ruscella - Executive Vice President/Chief Immersive Officer - AccessVR
Chris Sadler - Director - Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation Public Safety Innovation Center
Joe Sumner - Executive Director - New College Institute
James Fox - Captain- York County Department of Fire and Life SafetyMembers of the VIPC Brain Trust will discuss the initiative, early findings and intended growth over the next 3 years with a Q&A session to follow.
- 11:30 AM - Presentation: Applying Immersive Learning Techniques to Micro-Learning
Culture Coach International
Kari Heistad, CEO of Culture Coach International
Immersive learning brings the learner into the educational environment, engaging them in the learning process in a way that helps them to both gain and retain knowledge. Immersion begins with interaction between the learner and the experience.Culture Coach is using the Orchestrate platform to create curated and immersive micro-learning experiences, precisely designed to provide interactions in different ways. These learning paths engage the participant throughout a structured learning experience. This drives specific learning outcomes and action steps for how to apply the knowledge presented.We will be sharing the foundations of micro-learning and the process of using structured learning paths on Orchestrate to create 5-minute learning experiences.- 12PM - Panel: GW School of Nursing & Commonwealth Commercialization Fund (CCF)
Execution and Implementation of CCF Grant
Crystel Farina, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, CNE, CHSE - Associate Dean for BSN Programs - GW School of Nursing
Christine Thomas, Ph.D., RN, CHSE-A - Director of Simulation and Experiential Learning - GW School of Nursing
JJ Ruscella - Executive Vice President/Chief Immersive Officer - AccessVR
Jen Wendell, M.Ed., M.S.N., B.A., RN - Dedicated Simulation Educator - GW School of Nursing
Trevor Ontiveros - TBD
Transforming live simulation into scalable immersive learning experiences is easy and inexpensive. The CCF award winning team will share their discoveries and the simple process they developed.
- 12:30 PM - Presentation: UVA Health
UVA Health
Dr. David Moody - IT Director - UVA Health, Claude Moore Health Services Library
Dr. Margaret Sande, MD, MS, MSHPEd - Clinical Director - UVA School of Medicine
Dr. Rego
Learn how using OrchestrateVR, UVA Health dramatically reduced an expensive 6-month process to just 4 hours for capturing and delivering immersive training experiences, resulting in significant time and cost savings.
- 1 PM - Presentation: The Great Experiment on Re-Debating the Electoral College in Virtual Reality
The Great Experiment: Re-Debating the Electoral College in Virtual Reality
Dr. Warren Hofstra - Faculty - Shenandoah University
Dr. Mohammad Obeid - Faculty - Shenandoah University
JJ Ruscella, Executive Vice President/Chief Immersive Officer - AccessVR
A first of its kind historical learning experience. Step into a virtual independence hall and relive the debates over our constitution, Created in collaboration with the National Center for the Constitution and Independence Hall at Shenandoah University.
- 1:30 PM - Demo: Apple Vision Pro and OrchestrateVR
Apple Vision / OrchestrateVR Demo
The Apple Vision Pro, paired with OrchestrateVR, is a game changer for capturing live simulations and deploying them in mixed reality. Experience why it’s the only hardware you need to revolutionize your immersive training in OrchestrateVR.
First Floor
Second Floor
'You can immediately start creating engaging, interactive, immersive learning content that provides a unique learning experience.'
Daniel Pippin
Immersive Simulation Learning & IT Specialist, Jacksonville University
Thank you to our sponsors and vendors
Apple Vision Pro
The next evolution of learning is immersive. Experience the newest breakthroughs in Augmented and Virtual Reality.
Public Safety Brain Trust
Virginia's Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement teams have collaborated to develop and deploy immersive learning technologies, supported by the VIPC.
VIPC
The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) was formed to support the Commonwealth’s vision for expanding innovation, opportunity, and job creation in Virginia.
Special Thanks to:
Air War College
Apple Inc.
Avkin
Lighthouse
The Great Experiment