Presentation Panel
Immerse To Learn: 360 Degree Video and VR in Workplace Training
Date Friday, Nov 25 Time – Room: Potsdam III
This session starts with an overview on why and how XR technology is useful in training, and which are the usual hurdles and mistakes when implementing XR in the field of training. You will also find examples of immersive VR training, both in the corporate and humanitarian sector. Such trainings not only offer a realistic and exciting way to train practical skills, but they also offer a hypothetical space to look at problems from inside. Come, see and hear how VR can be a truly contextualised, collaborative and engaging tool to train employees.
Paulyn Duman
Knowledge Management, Communications, and Reporting Officer, United Nations System Staff College Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development, Germany
Paulyn Duman is the Knowledge Management, Communications and Reporting Officer at the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development, where she has been working since 2014. At UNSSC, she coordinates the UN SDG:Learn initiative with 59 partner organizations, produces and hosts the SDG Learncast podcast, and develops innovative learning products such as interactive 360-degree immersive learning experiences on sustainable development topics. She also designed and developed the online course on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development and worked as an advisor and facilitator for other learning offerings such as Paris Agreement on Climate Change as a Development Agenda and the annual UN Summer Academy.
Before working for the United Nations, she worked as a lawyer and supervising political affairs officer at the Philippine House of Representatives, where she worked on programmes related to education, transportation, and legislative franchises and implemented projects on energy efficiency, mitigation and adaptation. Before joining the public sector in 2010, she worked in companies such as JP Morgan Chase Bank and Energy Development Corporation from 2006 to 2009.
Paulyn holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and holds a Juris Doctor (Master’s) and a BA Psychology degree from the University of the Philippines.
Christoph Zelke
Senior project manager, TUV Rheinland Academy, Germany
As Senior Project Manager in the Global Digital Solutions division, Christoph Zelke manages internal and external (customer) projects. As an educationalist and media didactician, his focus is on innovative formats, concepts and implementation. In recent years, virtual reality technology has played a major role, in addition to the gamification method. In terms of content, projects with safety-relevant training and competence transfer around the digital transformation have been developed in line with TÜV Rheinland.
In this sense, he is a passionate supporter of the digitalization of continuing education.
Moderator
Dan Kohen-Vacs
Head of Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Instructional Technologies, Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), Israel
Dr. Dan Kohen-Vacs holds a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from Linnaeus University (LNU, Sweden). He is the Head of the bachelor's program, senior lecturer, and researcher in the Faculty of Instructional Technologies at the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel. Dan is one of the faculty founders, inaugurator, and leader of the technological branch of studies. He led numerous projects that resulted in the deployment of environments used for Technologically Enhanced Learning (TEL).
His ongoing efforts focus on innovative solutions supported by various technologies including Full-Stack development (Web), Mobile applications, Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality, Internet of Things (IoT), and Humanoid and Social Robotics.
Dan conducts his efforts while fostering his academic circle of excellence, inviting students from all backgrounds, and providing them with unique opportunities to acquire knowledge and tools enabling them to conceptualize, design, and technologically develop TEL environments aimed at realistic settings.
Dr. Kohen-Vacs is ongoingly involved in national and international projects. He was also involved in research activities conducted in the framework of EU programs and projects as well as in those related to the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development.