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Virtual Reality for Wellness [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Meditation and mindfulness, fitness and fun… all are possible in virtual reality! We’ll walk you through some of the ways you can add virtual reality to your wellness routines both at the Virtual Reality Studio, and at home with a borrowed headset. We’ll also take a peek at how VR and athletics combine by watching a UMN basketball game… in virtual reality!

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow students on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more.  Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.  We will send a zoom link to students who are registered once registration ends. Please note this library session is online only.

Free

Summer Vacation in Virtual Reality [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

You need a vacation! In virtual reality, you can travel the world without taking a step; sit on the beach and be waited on by robots; and experience sights you’ve never seen before. Whether you want to check out possible vacation sites before you go, or just want a break from the muggy Minnesota heat, this is the perfect opportunity to give virtual reality a try!

Free

Virtual Reality in the Health Sciences [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

The news is full of stories about how VR is transforming healthcare or health education. Come learn about and experience some of the most impactful ways, including visualizing anatomy, building empathy for patients, and improving team communication skills.

Free

Game Night in the Virtual Reality Studio [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Celebrate summer break at Game Night! Try your hand at popular virtual reality games like Beat Saber, Job Simulator, Superhot, and more. No VR experience? No problem--we'll teach you how to use the headsets, and you'll be a pro gamer in no time.

Free

What’s New with the Apple Vision Pro [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Check out the newest addition to the Virtual Reality Studio, the Apple Vision Pro, and learn what it can do! Can you share the Apple Vision Pro? What is spatial video? What is spatial computing?

Free

Virtual Reality for Wellness [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Meditation and mindfulness, fitness and fun… all are possible in virtual reality! We’ll walk you through some of the ways you can add virtual reality to your wellness routines both at the Virtual Reality Studio, and at home with a borrowed headset. We’ll also take a peek at how VR and athletics combine by watching a UMN basketball game… in virtual reality!

Free

Summer Vacation in Virtual Reality [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

You need a vacation! In virtual reality, you can travel the world without taking a step; sit on the beach and be waited on by robots; and experience sights you’ve never seen before. Whether you want to check out possible vacation sites before you go, or just want a break from the muggy Minnesota heat, this is the perfect opportunity to give virtual reality a try!

Free

Virtual Reality in the Health Sciences [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

The news is full of stories about how VR is transforming healthcare or health education. Come learn about and experience some of the most impactful ways, including visualizing anatomy, building empathy for patients, and improving team communication skills.

Free

Game Night in the Virtual Reality Studio [VR Grand Expo]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Celebrate summer break at Game Night! Try your hand at popular virtual reality games like Beat Saber, Job Simulator, Superhot, and more. No VR experience? No problem--we'll teach you how to use the headsets, and you'll be a pro gamer in no time.

Free

ONLINE: Rethinking research assignments — supporting information literacy in the classroom

Have you wondered how you can get students more enthusiastic about doing good research? Do you find that your students are under-prepared for University research assignments? Using research on information seeking behaviors and learning science as a guide, we will discuss and demonstrate ways Libraries can support your courses by creating customized course pages, and collaborate on research assignment design.

Free

Making in any subject: Integrating maker literacies into your curriculum

HSL Makerspace (5-101 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Every course in every subject has the potential to include making. But how do you incorporate making into your curriculum in a way that enhances your teaching and your students’ learning? In this workshop, we will discuss how courses across the University are utilizing making in their projects and coursework and how the Libraries can support making in your course. We will also discuss the maker literacies, a useful framework of cross-disciplinary competencies that can help students gain transferable skills and measure their own learning. In the last portion of the workshop, we invite you to look at your own syllabi and map potential making projects that foster problem-solving and creativity, align with Student Learning Objectives, and help you reach your course goals.

Free

ONLINE: Copyright and Course materials

UMN policies affirm that instructors have both the right and the responsibility to make their own decisions about their course materials. Copyright is one issue that often comes up, especially around what materials can be shared with students on course websites or as additional readings (or viewings, etc.) This session will give a brief overview of these issues, focusing on some options for course materials that don’t raise any copyright issues, and also delving into some options that require a little critical thinking.

Free

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