1/19/2018 Meeting notes

Date

19 Jan 2018

To collaborate and share information amongst groups engaged in emerging technologies by discussing and documenting best practices, challenges, and standards and by developing support structure, sharing resources and learning from each other
To foster and support innovation by identifying and engaging forward thinkers interested in getting started and by promoting creative thinking and cross-disciplinary collaborations
To publicize new initiatives and projects as an aggressive marketing strategy to invite industry partners and set up potential collaborations and/or to seek corporate sponsorship

Survey results
Communication and outreach: Confluence, slack, 'facebook light', etc-list@, etc-contact@
Walyce Almeida: Columbia Record editorial board member

Time	Item	Who	Notes
20 mins	Welcome and recap	Maneesha Aggarwal & Parixit Dave	Blended Reality @Yale Meeting notes
10 mins	Keynote	Gaspare LoDuca, CIO & VP, CUIT	Goals - break down silos between schools/depts and provide a path to better organize efforts CUIT's role - has the ability to operationalize and scale projects, help with equipment and HR, vendor management
30 mins	AR/VR in a team-based learning environment	Jonathan Kornberg	Value of Collaboration and Emerging Technologies PT, OT, Dental and Nursing successes with emerging tech Created unified communications, conferencing (live & mobile), 360 degree learning space - creating space around educator/student needs Touch screens - used with shared drives in classrooms Challenges: finding Champions excited about & using emerging tech Content/tools management separation of schools and services needed Next steps - creating AR/VR Kits in two PT learning spaces, introduce existing apps, working with Champions How is the tech being evaluated in regardings to effectiveness in learning?
30 mins	Gesture and diagrams	Barabara Tversky	Cognitive Psychology Diagrams Spacial relations - place in space has meaning Gestures more effective than just words as direct expression of thought like diagrams action gestures are more effective for learning