Augmented and Virtual Reality for Learning Workshop

Researchers and developers of extended reality (XR) technologies that support learning investigate how digital technologies can be used to create engaging and effective educational experiences. Within this space, virtual (VR) and augmented (AR) reality sit among an ever-expanding set of devices and other technologies with affordances for creating innovative learning opportunities. In this workshop, we will discuss the state of the field, including current research and development projects that use AR and VR to support learning. To that conversation, we will add the task of collaboratively exploring our individual interests in the context of XR for learning and our beliefs about where we can and should be designing and implementing educational XR experiences.

Dr. D. Matthew Boyer is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering & Science Education in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences at Clemson University, a public R1 land-grant university in upstate South Carolina. He is a former elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, did his postdoctoral work at the National University of Singapore, and was an assistant professor at Yeditepe University in Istanbul before arriving at Clemson. His research focuses on knowledge building situated in technology-enhanced learning environments, with his current work embedded in STEM learning across the lifespan. His funded work includes projects using virtual reality to support learning, creating open educational resources for robotics, supporting the development of autistic software engineers, and building professional learning communities.