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- 07 Immerse Origin Story feat CEO Quinn Taber
What was the origin and inspiration for Immerse and what's the ultimate vision?
Tricia and Christina sit down with Immerse CEO Quinn Taber to find out his inspiration for creating a VR Language Learning company and where he sees the future of Immerse.In this episode:The origins of Quinn’s passion for helping others learn languages [1:11]The creation of Immerse from an aha moment [2:58]Quinn created the kind of language app he wanted to learn from [5:39]What Immerse offers that other language apps don’t [7:20]Rigid curriculum sequencing isn’t what adult language learners need [8:44]Curious to try learning a language in VR? Check out Immerse for yourself with a 14-day free trial: https://www.immerse.comFor more on the research foundations of Immerse’s award-winning VR language education platform, check out our website at https://www.immerse.com/research and our blog at https://www.immerse.com/blogSign up for the Converse on the Verse educator newsletter: https://uw1t8hy9ppo.typeform.com/to/yOExUgerFollow Immerse:Instagram: https://instagram.com/immerse__VRYouTube: @ImmersevrTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@immersevrLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1851234911 min - 06 Research Partnerships
How does a startup like Immerse manage to get so much research on how well our language learning program works?
Tricia and Christina talk about Immerse’s Research Partnerships with universities around the globe, discuss how Immerse uses research to improve the platform, and explain how they make the results accessible to anyone interested.In this episode:What are Immerse Research Partners? [1:04]Getting unbiased research about Immerse [2:36]The Meta grant project [3:31]Examples of current Research Partner projects [4:31]How Immerse uses the research to improve the platform [6:33]Making the research findings easy to understand [8:26]To see a list of universities with Immerse research partnerships, visit our Research page: https://www.immerse.com/researchFor more on the research foundations of Immerse’s award-winning VR language education platform, check out the Immerse blog: https://www.immerse.com/blogSign up for the Converse on the Verse educator newsletter: https://uw1t8hy9ppo.typeform.com/to/yOExUgerCurious to try learning a language in VR? Check out Immerse: https://www.immerse.onlineFollow Immerse:Instagram: https://instagram.com/immerse__VRYouTube: @ImmersevrTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@immersevrLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1851234912 min - 05 Immerse at EUROCALL
The EUROCALL 2023 conference on computer assisted language learning was held at the University of Iceland last month, and Immerse was there!
Christina and Tricia tell about what they presented on, what they think of Icelandic teachers’ efforts to maintain the Icelandic language, and how AI was the hottest topic at the conference.In this episode:Presenting on Immerse’s research grant from Meta [2:02]Can Immerse help with transmitting Icelandic to new generations? [4:26]Everyone was talking about AI [7:35]Immerse held a raffle! [9:11]Conferences where you can catch upcoming Immerse exhibitions [11:03]For more on the research foundations of Immerse’s award-winning VR language education platform, check out the Immerse blog: https://www.immerse.com/blogSign up for the Converse on the Verse educator newsletter: https://uw1t8hy9ppo.typeform.com/to/yOExUgerCurious to try learning a language in VR? Check out Immerse: https://www.immerse.onlineFollow Immerse:Instagram: https://instagram.com/immerse__VRYouTube: @ImmersevrTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@immersevrLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1851...13 min - 04 Communicative Tasks
The entire purpose of language is communication, so doesn’t it make sense for language lessons to focus on learning to communicate?
Tricia and Christina discuss the term “communicative tasks,” what skills a language learner needs in order to communicate in the real world beyond the classroom, and supporting the personal goals of adult language learners.In this episode:What “communicative tasks” means [0:57]The role of grammar in communicative tasks [2:37]Inductive grammar [3:12]Focus on one communicative task at a time [6:46]Adult learners need a choice of communicative tasks to focus on [8:47]Learner autonomy leads to more meaningful lessons at Immerse [11:04]Immerse classes, events, and AI practice are all built around communicative tasks [13:45]Links:For more on the research foundations of Immerse’s award-winning VR language education platform, check out the Immerse blog: https://www.immerse.com/blogSign up for the Converse on the Verse educator newsletter: https://www.immerse.com/bridgethegapCurious to try learning a language in VR? Check out Immerse: https://www.immerse.onlineFollow Immerse:Instagram: https://instagram.com/immerse__VRYouTube: @ImmersevrTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@immersevrLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1851234917 min - 03 The Research Behind VR & Language Learning
Connecting The Dots: Converse On The Verse is a weekly show about the pedagogy and efficacy behind Immerse, the first virtual reality language learning platform designed specifically for live language teaching and learning. Your hosts, Christina Cavage and Tricia Thrasher dive into the research and opportunity behind education, and specifically language learning in the metaverse.
In this episode, Christina interviews Tricia about the research behind VR & language learning.------About Immerse:Immerse is an award-winning VR language education platform designed by experts to empower language learners to confidently speak new languages in any situation. Learn more at www.immerse.com17 min - 02 Lesson Structure
Tricia interviews Christina about the pedagogy and lesson structure at Immerse.
Connecting The Dots: Converse On The Verse is a weekly show about the pedagogy and efficacy behind Immerse, the first virtual reality language learning platform designed specifically for live language teaching and learning. Your hosts, Christina Cavage and Tricia Thrasher dive into the research and opportunity behind education, and specifically language learning in the metaverse.
About Immerse:
Immerse is an award-winning VR language education platform designed by experts to empower language learners to confidently speak new languages in any situation. Learn more at www.immerse.com12 min - 01 Meet Tricia and Christina
Connecting The Dots: Converse On The Verse is a weekly show about the pedagogy and efficacy behind Immerse, the first virtual reality language learning platform designed specifically for live language teaching and learning.
Your hosts, Christina Cavage and Tricia Thrasher dive into the research and opportunity behind education, specifically language learning, in the metaverse.
About Immerse:Immerse is an award-winning VR language education platform designed by experts to empower language learners to confidently speak new languages in any situation. Learn more at www.immerse.com12 min
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Connecting The Dots: Converse On The Verse is a weekly show about the pedagogy and efficacy behind Immerse, the first virtual reality language learning platform designed specifically for live language…
teaching and learning. Your hosts, Christina Cavage and Tricia Thrasher dive into the research and opportunity behind education, and specifically language learning in the metaverse.