This webinar series brought together university faculty, learning designers, and practitioners to explore how AI-powered immersive learning can support skill development, assessment, and reflective practice at scale.
Speakers from institutions such as Harvard University, NYU, the University of Sheffield, and University College Dublin shared real-world use cases across healthcare, higher education, and professional training, highlighting how experiential digital learning can enhance both instructional design and learner outcomes.
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In this webinar, Ashley Etemadi, Chief Learning Officer at Wonda, and Sean Currie, Solutions Engineer at Wonda, presented how New York University Meyers and East Carolina University integrated AI-powered simulations into healthcare and social work programs. They explored how immersive practice environments were used to prepare learners for sensitive geriatric care conversations, scale feedback and assessment, and support the development of communication skills critical to patient-centred care.
Hosted by Alan Todd, Vice President of Leadership Development at Udemy, this session featured Bernie Burke, Careers Educator at University College Dublin’s Smurfit School MBA. The discussion focused on how immersive AI-driven behavioural simulations were used within the award-winning LEAP employability module to strengthen career readiness, self-reflection, and behavioural skill development among graduate learners.
In this webinar, Dave Holloway, Senior Digital Learning Advisor, and Dr Mark Walker from the University of Sheffield shared their approach to designing inclusive, AI-powered learning experiences. They presented two use cases developed with Wonda: a virtual panel of AI-generated student personas representing diverse perspectives, and an immersive medical escape room designed to enhance clinical reasoning and engagement. The session highlighted co-creation practices between faculty, learning designers, and students.
Dr. Chris Dede, Senior Research Fellow and former Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, explored key design principles for impactful learning with emerging technologies. Drawing on extensive research, the webinar examined how educators and learning designers can intentionally align pedagogy, technology, and assessment to create meaningful and scalable immersive learning experiences.