Brain Activity While Learning in XR

The AR and VR applications have seen steady growth in the marketing and product training sectors. The manufacturing sector is beginning to use AR/VR for employee training and development. However, the education sector is lagging in the application of AR and VR learning environments that can add significant value to the leaners. The crisis for STEM professionals is looming large on the leadership of US in the global context. It is imperative to understand the efficacy and effectiveness of the AR and VR educational environments on the human learning by conducting brain-wave studies. The advent in the brainwave adaptive learning using EEG headbands has given us an unprecedented opportunity to bring convergence between AR for 2-D and VR for 3-D learning environments. The brainwave adaptive learning technology when combined with real-time AR/VR visual learning can lead to significant acceleration in the learning outcome in STEM education. We have gathered a panel of experts from AR/VR and Brainwave learning arena to discuss the challenges and opportunities in this novel area of education and training technology.
Panel Moderator: Dr. Nish Sonwalkar (ScD, MIT), Founder and Chairman, IntellADAPT Inc.
Panels Members:
Jeffery Jacobson, Simulation Engineering Project Manager, Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard University and President, BostonVR
Nimisha Ashthagiri, MIT EdX (to be confirmed)
Prof. Edward Tronick, Professor of Developmental Psychology at Harvard Medical School and UMass Boston (to be confirmed

DIRECTIONS
Venture Development Center, Wheatley Hall , Third Floor

For more directions, please visit: https://vdc.umb.edu/visit/

MBTA
We recommend taking the Red Line to JFK/UMass Station. From 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., a free shuttle bus takes you to and from the Campus Center. The trip normally takes 10 minutes.

Taxi/Uber/Lyft: Usually GPS would route you to UMass Boston’s Integrated Science Building drop off/pick up location. Once arrived, you can ask for directions to Wheatley building or get on a catwalk (glass corridor) on 2nd floor and follow W letter directions to Wheatley building. If possible, you can instruct the driver to take you to the main entrance (facing Dorchester Bay) of the UMass Boston Campus Center.

Driving: There are several parking lots around the campus. We recommend the West Garage, University Dr W. After parking, walk across University Dr W, enter Quinn Building, go up the stairs to the plaza level, walk across the plaza to the Wheatley Building. Take the elevator to the Third Floor. Turn left, and walk down the hallway until you reach a white-walled corridor with a glass door entrance to the Venture Development Center.

From the Campus Center, take the elevator from the Upper Level to Second Floor. Turn right, and walk the length of the building, then enter the catwalk. Walk straight ahead to Wheatley Hall. Take the elevator to the Third Floor. Turn left, and walk down the hallway until you reach a white-walled corridor with a glass door entrance to the Venture Development Center.