Recently, we hosted a class of second graders from Barkstall Elementary School to visit our innovation spaces and try out our technology. It was a great time for everyone!
During Summer 2019, CITL’s Innovation Spaces have been happy to host many guests from universities around the world who are interested in using technology to enhance learning. Here are some photos from these visits that highlight our relationship with other educational institutions across the globe!
The Armory Innovation Spaces were happy to help host the second annual Playful be Design on April 5th.
CITL has successfully worked with AFROTC Detachment 190 to establish a VR flight simulator program to help cadets gain basic aviation understanding without having to pay for expensive flight hours. Last week, the program opened to cadets to sign up and come in for their first flights. The program requires cadets to take a quiz […]
Photos from the Spring 2019 Urbana Middle School Field Trip to the CITL Innovation Spaces.
A collection of photos from a Spring 2019 French class where students used VR to enhance language learning.
CITL is proud to announce the creation of a Flight Simulator Lab as part of the Virtual Reality Lab. In partnership with UIUC’s AFROTC Detachment 190, the lab will soon be available for cadets and midshipmen to practice flying aircraft in immersive Virtual Reality. The new simulator experience utilizes an Oculus Rift headset running on […]
The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning opened the newly renovated Armory Innovation Spaces in the Fall of 2017. Stop by to see the TechHub, Innovation Classroom, VR Lab, and Innovation Studio.
As part of their recent visit to UIUC campus, traveling scholars from Zhejiang University toured the Armory Innovation Spaces to learn more about how digital textbooks, virtual reality and 3d scanning and printing technologies are being used within higher education.
Playful by Design is a IPRH supported research cluster that focuses on games, platforms and pedagogies designed to foster empathy, to facilitate the attainment of cultural, digital, and linguistic fluencies, and to promote collaborative authorship and digital inclusion through the Public Humanities. They also hope to generate creativity, energy, and excitement around the possible development of […]
Join the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning as we celebrate the completion of our new open-air office and innovation spaces in the northeast corner of the Armory. Spaces will be open for tours and hands-on activities. Stop by to enjoy free beverages and snacks throughout the day from 10am-4pm on September 12th, 13th and […]
The Daily Illini published an article titled Armory Innovation Spaces reimagine the classroom experience. “The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning worked with different disciplines across campus to help develop these innovative classrooms that focus on enabling faculty to teach more effectively, and to give students an outlet to engage in more productive learning.” […]
Even before the first classes were offered in the new Innovation Classroom, YoungLife held their first event of the fall semester in this general assignment classroom.
We created a virtual tour of the Illinois Flexible Learning Experience (iFLEX) including 360 views of the flexible classrooms. We used YouVisit as the content platform which was free and served the purpose fairly well. Please check it out: http://go.illinois.edu/iflex360