Dr. Emma Slayton and Dr. Eric Kaltman, Postdoctoral Fellows at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries have received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to fund “Immersive Pedagogy: A Symposium on Teaching and Learning with 3D, Augmented and Virtual Reality.” This symposium will bring together a select group of specialists to design pedagogical material that addresses critical and practical needs in higher education. The project team will prioritize incubating projects focused on Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies, but will broadly consider how 3D/XR technologies and data curation can intersect with methodologies deriving from studies of cultural heritage, minority archives, race and ethnicity, women of color and feminist theory, community outreach, public humanities, and accessibility. After the symposium, all pedagogical materials will be made freely available to the public.
Dr. Emma Slayton and Dr. Eric Kaltman will work with colleagues from across the country, including Dr. Lorena Gauthereau (University of Houston), Dr. Jessica C. Linker (Bryn Mawr College), Dr. Neil Weijer (Johns Hopkins University), Dr. Alex Wermer-Colan (Temple University), and Dr. Chris Young (University of Toronto). “Immersive Pedagogy” is scheduled to take place at Carnegie Mellon University in spring 2019.