Distant Faces, Shared Spaces

Distant Faces, Shared Spaces project artwork

Distant Faces, Shared Spaces

Overview

To cap off my Digital Media Design for Learning degree, I completed a part-design, part-research thesis project looking at immersive mobile technologies in telecollaboration for language and intercultural learning.

At a glance

Context
Graduate StudentNew York University2018
Audience
Language instructors and telecollaborative learners

Need

How might accessible mobile VR add cultural context and a stronger sense of shared place to language-learning exchanges?

Solution

I designed and studied a telecollaboration experience, moving from literature review and experience design through implementation and data analysis.

Deliverable

The project produced a completed thesis study, instructor activity templates, technology tutorials, and presentations for academic and practitioner audiences.

Significance

It established the approach I still use with emerging technology: begin with the educational possibility, then test what the medium meaningfully adds.

Methods & tools: Mobile VR · Telecollaboration · Qualitative research · Faculty resources

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