La créativité d’une équipe du Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal a permis de développer l’application de réalité virtuelle Dans la peau d’une personne autiste, qui simule une visite chez le dentiste.

The physical and virtual worlds come together in this unique immersive environment exhibit at the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. Experience walking through post World War I tunnels in the northern France village of Vauquois. This exhibit was created and curated to be rich in history, information, and to encourage empathy as users discover what it was like to be a soldier during that time.

À la session d’automne 2019, mes étudiants du cours Langue anglaise et culture (Anglais 102) ont lu Born a crime de Trevor Noah, où l’auteur détaille sa jeunesse en Afrique du Sud à l’époque de l’apartheid. Pour aider les étudiants à connecter de manière plus concrète et significative avec le suj...

Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

The authors explore how 3D visualizations of historical sites can be used as pedagogical tools to support historical empathy. They provide three visualizations created by a team at Virginia Tech as examples. They discuss virtual environments and how the digital restoration process is applied. They also define historical empathy, explain why it is important, and discuss how it is taught.

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Liz Miller is a documentary maker and professor interested in new approaches to community collaborations and documentary as a way to connect personal stories to larger social concerns. Years of experience in community media and a background in political economics, and electronic media art fuel her ongoing explorations of new media as art, advocacy, and as a powerful educational tool. Liz is a Full Professor in Communications Studies at Concordia University in Montreal and her films/educational campaigns on timely issues such as climate change, water privatization, immigration, refugee rights and the environment have won international awards, been integrated into educational curricula and influenced decision makers.