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credit: Games For Change Festival – HoloAnatomy Goes Remote
Another inspiring session at #G4C2020 today was Remote
Learning with Mixed Reality, led by Dan Ayoub, the General Manager for
Education at Microsoft, and Mark Griswold, Case Western Reserve
University Professor. This session addressed the challenges and ultimate success
of going remote using HoloLens, and how the technology could assist learners
both remotely and in the classroom.
Mark Griswold, Ph.D., is the Pavey Family Designated Professor of
Innovative Imaging, Professor of Radiology, Director of MRI Research and
Faculty Director of the Interactive Commons (IC) at Case Western Reserve
University. Among his internationally known imaging discoveries, Dr. Griswold
developed Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF), a highly quantitative and
objective form of MRI. At the IC, Dr. Griswold connects individuals in
unconventional, multidisciplinary networks and applies visualization
technologies to advance learning and solve society’s most pressing challenges.
The IC is best known for developing the HoloAnatomy® Software Suite and other
large, shared group HoloLens applications for collaborative learning.
For the first time, instead of working together on campus, all 185 first-year students from Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine have used Microsoft HoloLens and the university’s signature HoloAnatomy mixed-reality software, despite the physical separation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This unfortunate crisis has become an opportunity to prove that we
could extend the reach of HoloLens education,” said Mark Griswold. Students
usually don their headsets and learn anatomy together in the same room on
campus, but when classes went online, the university shipped 185 HoloLenses to
first-year students so their education could continue uninterrupted.
The remote-learning application of HoloAnatomy that began in late March is believed to be the first of its kind in the world and the latest advance in the educational use of the holographic headset by Case Western Reserve.
The remote-learning application of HoloAnatomy that began in late March is believed to be the first of its kind in the world and the latest advance in the educational use of the holographic headset by Case Western Reserve.
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credit: Case Western Reserve - Professor Susanne Wish-Baratz teaching her first
Remote HoloAnatomy class late March
