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Randall Rode steps in as new iLRN Membership Director!

The Immersive Learning Research Network is happy to announce our newest member of our Board of Directors! Randall will be stepping in as iLRN's Membership Director to lead in the growth of our association of immersive learning professionals. Rode is an innovator with educational uses of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and other extended reality (XR) technologies in support of research and teaching activities, with a particular emphasis on medicine and health.  His is a prominent vo
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iLRN2025 Academic Deadline Extended!

Academic Submission Deadline Extended to October 25th! iLRN2025 invites you to submit your research to the 11th International Conference on Immersive Learning, themed around Multimodal Literacies in Immersive Learning Environments. Join global experts in exploring how immersive technologies like XR, AI, and generative AI are reshaping education and learning. Whether you’re focused on ethics, pedagogy, or the cutting-edge applications of technology, this is the platform to share your insight
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Prof. Leonel Morgado Steps Down from iLRN Board, Continues Active Role in the Community

The Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) announces that Prof. Leonel Morgado has stepped down from his position on the Board of Directors, effective at the conclusion of our recent conference. Prof. Morgado has been a foundational member of iLRN for the past decade and has served on the Board of Directors for five and a half years, contributing significantly to our growth and success. In his former roles as Vice-President and Director for Scientific Quality, Prof. Morgado led the succ
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Mixed Reality Concepts with Mark Jeffcock - Sep 26, 2024

Mixed Reality combines real-world and computer-generated images, recently highlighted by the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3. This talk explores apps and games developed for mixed reality headsets. Using a browser or VR headset and the Spatial platform, your avatar walks around models, displays, and videos on both the underlying concepts and how they have been used in various application types such as education, stories, puzzles, FPS, music, and more.   Our guest presenter Mark Jeffcoc
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iLRN2025 Call for Papers and Proposals

The Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for its 2025 conference, centered around the theme "Reading the World: Immersive Learning & Multimodal Literacies." The submission deadline is October 1, 2024. For more information, go to https://www.immersivelrn.org/ilrn2025/call-for-papers/
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Immersive Learning: From Theory to Practice, Building Evidence-Based Frameworks"

We are happy to announce a Call for Papers for a special issue in the journal "Computers & Education: X Reality", which is organized with iLRN and invites selected papers submitted to and presented at the 9th and 10th iLRN conferences to submit extended versions. However, submissions from the academic community are welcomed, regardless of whether they were part of the iLRN conferences. Overview The integration of immersive technologies—such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (
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Submit Your Work to a Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Instructional Design (JAID)

A SPECIAL INVITATION for iLRN designers, practitioners, and researchers. We are pleased to circulate announcement of a Special Issue on "Designing Extended Reality (XR) for Authentic Learning" in the Journal of Applied Instructional Design (JAID). For this special issue, the editors are interested in presenting current research in applied instructional design methods for utilizing VR, AR, MR, and other immersive technologies to foster authentic learning experiences. They invite artic
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Should iLRN remain on Twitter?

We've been back and forth with the Twitter. As many of you know, while Twitter has always been a place for loud and opinionated forms of expression, the platform has become more acerbic, more permissive (even supportive) of negative, exclusionary, and inflammatory stances over the past few years. While we still find a lot of community potential there, the garbage-to-nutrition ratio has just reached a point where we are openly questioning its utility any longer. We've looked at Mastodon, and many
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iLRN Workshop: Getting Started with Instructional Design with VR

Ready to dive into instructional design for virtual reality? This 3-part workshop series is the perfect launchpad for beginner immersive learning designers.  Whether you have prior experience or not, this series will equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to design and evaluate VR learning experiences. Early bird pricing is still available! Take advantage of this opportunity to gain a solid foundation in instructional design for VR and be prepared to create effective learning exp
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iLRN2022 Immersive Design Recommendations Released!

During the iLRN 2022 Conference, the network hosted a number of online & face-to-face workshops to contribute to the IEEE Technical Committee on Immersive Learning Environments. Here are the results!   The Immersive Learning Research Network hosted a series of brainstorming and collaboration workshops as part of the network's collaboration with the IEEE Technical Committee on Immersive Learning Environments during their 8th annual conference online and in Vienna, Austria last Sprin
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Welcome to Paula MacDowell as iLRN's Director of Practitioners!

Paula MacDowell of the University of Saskatchewan joins the iLRN Board of Directors overseeing the network's emphasis on educators and other practitioners of XR & Immersive Learning technologies! Paula MacDowell, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She is a recognized leader in designing immersive learning experiences alongside students, teachers, and communities. Specializing in Educational Technology and Desi
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