TechHub Memories

La Casa Visit

Sadler Course Visit

Foundation Visit

Steam Studio

VR Demo Day

JOUR Course

Zhejiang University Visit

TheatreFest 2019

Second Grade Field Trip

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!

International Guests

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!

Illinois Esports Summit

Competitive video gaming has become big business and is the fastest growing sport world-wide. The purpose of this summit is to highlight educational and research opportunities around e-sports, and to explore opportunities for making e-sports a varsity sport on our campus. There will be research focused panels, discussion on the business of esports, and interactive […]

Cornerstone Home Schoolers

Thirteen home-schooled students took time away from their studies to visit the Innovation Spaces to explore laser cutting, 3D printing and virtual reality.    

Ebertfest Film Festival

Staff from CITL’s Innovation Spaces demonstrated Virtual Reality to festival goers at the 2019 Ebertfest Film Festival. An added feature of this year’s festival will be virtual reality demonstrations on the plaza outside the Virginia Theatre in between films on April 12, hosted by the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at the U. […]

Playful by Design Symposium 2019

The Armory Innovation Spaces were happy to help host the second annual Playful be Design on April 5th.

VR@Illinois Whitepaper

Working collaboratively with Technology Services and University Library staff, we developed a virtual reality white paper to help our campus think strategically about VR for education. read the draft version of the VR white paper here

HKPU Visit

Hong Kong Polytechnic University Visit to the Innovation Spaces during Spring 2019.

National Taipei University of Technology Visit

The Affiliated Tao-Yuan Agricultural & Industrial Senior High School of National Taipei University of Technology visited the TechHub on March 14th.

Affiliated Tao-Yuan Agricultural and Industrial Senior High School of National Taipei University of Technology

TechHub Daily Illini Video Feature

The Daily Illini and Amanda Rhee creates a video feature on one of the TechHub workshops about augmented reality.       Click HERE for the video!

Urbana Middle School Visit

Photos from the Spring 2019 Urbana Middle School Field Trip to the CITL Innovation Spaces.

VR in Journalism by Ramiro Ferrando

Ramiro Ferrando, a Journalism student at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, created a website about virtual reality in journalism. The website features a video where Jamie and Jim talk about virtual reality. Journalism & Virtual Reality Website

Daily Illini Features VR Workshop

Daily Illini staff writer Shreya Goel focused her recent story on an upcoming virtual reality workshop offered through the TechHub on November 27th. “The purpose of this workshop is to expose visitors to the basics of virtual reality and how to dive into it in different ways,” Chapa said. “This relates to our series in […]

Professor Kasten’s Course Visit

Professor Anna Kasten returned to the Innovation Spaces this time with her class of 16 Saudi students.

Lincoln Land Community College Visit

Career Center Visit

Representatives from the Career Center visit the TechHub and VR Lab to learn about 3D printing and explore VR.

Aaron Brakke Architecture Class Visit

Professor Brakke brought his architecture students to tour the TechHub and VR Lab as part of this studio course called Museum of Future Pasts. His students are working on a cultural center that incorporates tradional notions of a museum program, but also new media with technologies like VR and AR.

Gadget Garage Visits the TechHub

Funded by the UI Student Sustainability Commitee (SSC), the Gadget Garage is a collaborative repair center for student and staff owned electronic devices, in order to: extend the useful life of products provide experiential learning for student through associated classes, volunteering, and participation in the iFixit Technical Writing Project; and empower people to see do-it-yourself […]

Michigan State Visitor

It was great to have Monika Dressier from the University of Michigan stop by to check out the Armory Innovation Spaces.

Heartland MakerFest

The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning sponsored the 2018 Heartland Maker Fest, an annual event celebrating the amazing makers in Urbana-Champaign and the surrounding communities. Heartland Maker Fest strives to: Inspire By searching for creative and unique makers to exhibit at the festival we hope attendees are inspired by the creative projects of others. Empower By focusing on […]

Education 101 Visitors

80 freshman education students in EDUC 101 toured the Innovation Spaces to explore how emerging technologies are being used in education.

Illinois Business Council RSO

Members of the Illinois Business Council RSO stopped by to take a look at the technologies available at the TechHub and VR Lab.

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Student teams from Phil Anderson’s business administration course stop by to play Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.                  

Pygmalion Learn Demo

CITL Innovation Spaces took part in Pygmalion’s Learn Demo for the second year.                  

Zhe Jiang Tour

Guests from Zhe Jiang University visit the Innovation Spaces to explore the use of emerging technologies and virtual reality in higher education.  

Rick Langlois brings Anaglyph 3D to the TechHub

Rick Langlois, retired longtime University Media Professional, returned to the TechHub to learn about the latest media technologies including virtual reality, augmented reality, 360 photography, 3D scanning, etc. While he was here he introduced us to anaglyph 3D photography – think 1950’s blue and red cardboard glasses. For artistic effect, we had him take an […]

Saudi Arabia Visitors

Students from Saudi Arabia visit the TechHub in August to explore emerging technologies like Sony VR.  

CITL Innovation Spaces Year 01

More than 2000 visitors came through the Innovation Spaces in our first year of operation.  Take a look at our annual report at Infogram for details.

Lebanese Fulbright Scholars

Seven visiting Fulbright scholars from Lebanon visit the Armory Innovation Spaces to explore emerging technologies like 3D scanning and VR.

College of Media – 360° Media & Entertainment Camp

“Thank you so much for kicking off what turned out to be a transformative week for the students attending the 360° Media & Entertainment Camp at the College of Media.The students found your session engaging and eye-opening. You got them thinking about production and storytelling in a whole new way. This contributed to  9 out […]

Mahomet High School Faculty

Mahomet-Seymour High School faculty and administrators visited the Innovation Spaces on July 11th to explore emerging technologies and their educational applications.

iSTEAM Summer Program

Young students interested in architecture, on campus for the Summer iSteam program, visited the Innovation Spaces to investigate the intersection of architect and virtual reality.    

Next Generation School – Studying The Moon

A group of 14 students from the Next Generation School visited CITL’s Innovation Spaces to explore the moon and the moon surface using VR and the Video Wall.

Upward Bound Visit

Students from the OSMA Upwards Bound Program visited the Innovation Spaces in June.

Faculty Summer Institute

Not an Engineer? No Problem! Engaging students with 3D design Presenters: Ashley Mitek, Jamie Nelson, and Jim Wentworth, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Location: Humanities Room Length: Single session (45 minutes) Target Audience: Beginner This session will detail how you can turn students from knowledge consumers to knowledge creators using 3D design projects. We […]

MACS 323 Immersive Media Course

MACS 323 Introduction to Immersive Media was offered for the first time in Spring 2018. This course offered 20 undergrads from a variety of disciplines the opportunity to explore immersive technologies and 360º video production. VR Timeline Final projects included: 360º narrative video Google Tilt Brush explorations 360º time lapse videos

Virtual Reality to Improve Emotional Well-being

Dr. Rosalba Hernandez, professor of social work, is interested in researching the potential of VR to deliver an immersive psychotherapeutic module in hemodialysis patients. Read about Dr. Hernandez’s research at Forbes    

Counseling Center Reading Day Relaxation Event

Journalism Student Interview on Virtual Reality

Liam Dwyer

AIS Spaces on Google Maps

Click here to see the streetview image of the TechHub

MACS 326 Drone Playday

Innovation Spaces staff assisted with drone exploration during Professor’s Baird’s MACS 326 course.

Hack Culture

HackCulture is sponsored by the University Library, the iSchool, and CITL. 2018 awards trophies were printed at the TechHub on our new Glowforge laser cutter.  

JOUR 215 Course Visit

Charles ‘Stretch’ Ledford brought his journalism students to the Innovation Spaces to investigate multimedia reporting technologies.

ESE 497 Video Editing Support

Innovation Spaces staff assisted Professor Rob Kanter’s ESE 497 course in the creation of video documentaries.

Playful by Design

The 1st Annual Playful by Design Spring Symposium, was held on April 5th-7th, 2018 at the Armory Innovation Spaces

CITL’s Armory Innovation Spaces

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.

Using VR to Acquire Phrasal Verbs

“The main pillars of VR being built on are: immersion, sensory feedback, authenticity, and interaction. The first three features are dependent upon interaction to be able to be properly implemented (Dawley, 2007). These features make VR an ideal tool for second language acquisition as they can enhance immersion, promote interaction, and can provide a more […]

3D printing Terrain Maps

CITL Innovation Spaces is hosting a variety of hands-on emerging technology topics for beginners. Workshops are open to everyone. (Note: workshops can count towards the Certificate in Teaching-Enhanced Technology, but may require a short reflection paper.)

IEI students visit AIS

Professor Anna Kasten brought her students from Japan to visit the AIS spaces.

STEAM Students Visit AIS

Students from the Next Generation School returned to the Innovation Spaces to study the history of castles.  

MACS Course Visit

Professor C.L. Cole visited the ais to show her sports media students how VR is being used in sporting events.

Journalism Documents AR Workshop

Journalism student Zacker Barakat had a blast recording the augmented and virtual reality tech at the TechHub for his Multimedia course!

Lithophanes

TechHub staff explore the printing of lithophanes.

Counseling Center Relaxation Event on Reading Day

Paraprofessionals from the Counseling Center joined forces with the TechHub to host a relaxation event right before finals. Students could get some freebies and resources from the Counseling Center, as well as, make monogrammed ornaments, 360 scanned ornaments of themselves, or relax in virtual reality.

Journalism Course Visit

Professor Charles Ledford (Stretch) brought his multimedia journalism students to the Armory Innovation Spaces to experience Virtual Reality and 360 Video. Students had the chance to view 360 video narratives in the TechHub and VR Lab and also try out the Theta S and GoPro Fusion 360 cameras while visiting the Studio.    

Sports Media Course Visit

Professor John Lewis brought his sports media course to the Innovation Spaces to see how virtual reality is being used within a variety of sporting events. AIS staff created a YouTube playlist highlighting 360 videos and students also explored the Vive VR headset to view a variety of experiences.  

Future Freshmen Visit AIS

Professor Anna Kasten’s class of 15 ‘Future Freshman’ here on a STEM scholarship from Saudi Arabia, visited the Armory Innovation Spaces where they experimented with touch screen technology, virtual reality, 360 photography, 3d printing and more. Student teams also had the chance to defuse a virtual bomb playing Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes on the Vive […]

Zhejiang University

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.

i-STEM Article Features Armory Innovation Spaces

The i-STEM education initiative featured an article on the Armory Spaces supporting an after-school STEM program with the Next Generation School. “The Illinois VR Lab they visited is part of CITL’s (Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning)iFLEX initiative to build active learning classrooms around campus. In the case of the cave unit, the technology allowed the kids […]

ESL Course Visit

Calen Gutwein, Teaching Assistant from the Intensive English Institute, brought her ESL class of about 20 students to see and experience VR as a class activity.  

Media Course Visit

Professor Veronica Paredes brought her media students to the VR Lab, Innovation Studio and TechHub to investigate the intersection of virtual reality and gaming.

Google Story Sphere

  Everyone has a story to tell and a place they’d like to tell it. Story Spheres are used by journalists, documentary makers, wildlife activists, artists, educators, and small businesses to tell stories that truly revolve around their audiences. Take your stories as far as your imagination and your camera will go. Story Spheres Jackson […]

MakerGirl Workshops Come to the Armory

The MakerGirl RSO began using the Innovation Studio for some of their events in the Fall of 2017. They offer workshops to teach young girls the basics of 3D printing. Due to our strong partnership with Makergirl, we are lucky to house 9 of their Ultimaker printers in the TechHub and Innovation Studio.

Speech Practice and Office Hours

Professor Grace Georgio held office hours for her Communications 111 in the TechHub where students could either practice their speeches standing in front of a high resolution photo of their actual class audience or step in front of a virtual audience using the Speech Trainer app in the HTC Vive headset.

Next Generation School STEAM program

Grade schoolers from the Next Generation School visited the Innovation Studio and TechHub to learn more about caves. They spent time in the Vive VR headset touring virtual cave sites, and they research caves using google maps in the Innovation Studio.

Mersive Solstice Demo

Representatives from Mersive demonstrated their wireless presentation technology to Tech Services, CITL and other UIUC tech support personal in the TechHub. The Solstice application runs on many of the new displays within the Armory Innovation Spaces. Solstice enables multiple users to connect simultaneously to a shared display using a range of devices over a WiFi […]

Education Course Visit

Linquistics Course Visit

Randy Sadler, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, brought his course to visit the TechHub, VR Lab and Innovation Studio to learn more about how emerging technology is being used in higher education.

Street View & Google Maps

Innovation spaces staff have been experimenting with using the Google maps platform to add traditional images and 360 photos to the map database. You can see out contributions here – https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/100744652570239518200/photos/ We hope to eventually be able to view these images on Google Earth using the HTC Vive headset. You can currently search for 505 E. […]

Testing the Theta 360

The TechHub has been experimenting with 360 photography using the Theta 360. With this camera you can capture your entire surroundings with the simple press of the shutter button. See this Innovation Studio image in 360 in our Google Photo album   We’ve also begun testing the Theta for shooting 360 video.  Here is an example […]

Five Labs to Love at UIUC

The Technology Entrepreneur Center was kind enough to include the new Armory Innovation Spaces in their review of labs to love at UIUC. “The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning has now opened their new Armory Innovation Spaces! These high-tech, interactive hubs are designed to give students AND faculty a place to foster their […]

Playful by Design Visit the Armory

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 […]

Pygmalion Tech Demo

DEMO is a full evening of the latest developments from local companies and student developers showcasing everything from wearables, 3D printing, virtual reality, video games, robotics, and more. See a list of participants at www.thepygmalionfestival.com/tech/demo.

Armory Innovation Spaces Open House

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 […]

Augmented Reality Exhibit with Mew

Lingjun Jiang aka “Mew” worked with the us at the TechHub to create an Augmented reality exhibit ultimately entitled “The Hidden Friends and the Hidden Places”. This is going on it’s second semester on display. Here’s her Artist’s Statement: TechHub Aurasma Exhibit MEW3 Presents With Mew ~My Imaginary Friends~ Armory 151A CITL TechHub 11am, September […]

Daily Illini Recognizes the new Armory Innovation Spaces

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.” […]

Innovation TechHub Completed

Work was completed on the TechHub in August 2017, the space was photographed by the LCM photographers and ready for move in. By September 7th, the space was open and ready for visitors.