Category: Immersive Learning

Immersive learning project i-Made takes designs from digital realm to real world

April 27, 2020 by Melissa Kraman

Students from the College of Architecture and Planning have been working with industry partners to develop digital design solutions for exhibitions, farmers markets, pop-up mobile libraries, and more.

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Fort Wayne resident works behind the scenes at Indiana State Museum

October 22, 2019 by Emily Gralak

Elise Schrader, a Fort Wayne resident and senior at Ball State University, is spending the Fall semester as an intern working behind the scenes in the collections department of the Indiana State Museum. “Through the internship, I am hoping to gain a better understanding of how museums function and the work it takes to maintain […]

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Teachers College leads in STEM education with new Project Lead The Way Partnership

August 14, 2019 by Krista Stith

Ball State University has paired up with Project Lead The Way to create an exciting new opportunity for students, faculty and staff to help drive innovation in education. Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a nonprofit organization that provides transformative learning experiences for PreK-12 students and teachers through pathways in computer science, engineering, and biomedical […]

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Caitlin Maloney promotes Indiana history through multimedia

May 3, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

Through a Ball State immersive learning course, Caitlin Maloney of Bolingbrook, Illinois, helped create a reenactment video, virtual walking tour, virtual museum, and an in-depth marketing plan to celebrate, preserve and promote Indiana history. Maloney, a history major with minors in sociology and African American studies, worked with nine other students through this four-part course to […]

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Student from Monroe teaches kindergartners about the construction industry

May 2, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

Ball State University construction management major Jared Ripley of Monroe is educating children who could be his future employees. Mentored by Jennifer Warrner, assistant lecturer of construction management, Ripley and his classmates involved in the Let’s Build immersive learning course at Ball State this Spring semester spent time each week introducing kindergartners to the construction industry in Longfellow […]

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Student from Roanoke helps create model of net-zero home for national competition

May 2, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

Ball State University student Landon Underwood of Roanoke, Indiana, helped create a small-scale prototype house that produces as much “green” energy as it uses, fits into a historic neighborhood, is simple enough for volunteers to build, and is affordable. Underwood and his Ball State teammates presented their work as finalists at the U.S. Department of […]

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Ball State students make dance accessible to Muncie children

April 26, 2019 by Gabrielle Glass

Ball State University are using dance to teach team-building and social skills to children in a Muncie school. The 14 students students are mixing dance with life skills at Longfellow Elementary School where children have an opportunity to learn while having fun, according to junior Hannah Bertrand of Lincoln, Nebraska. Bertrand, who is pursuing a […]

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Indianapolis resident earns Ball State grant to pursue entertainment business venture

April 19, 2019 by Gabrielle Glass

Ball State University senior and Indianapolis resident Von Storm has encountered his fair share of obstacles as a filmmaker in the last 10 years. But, he found none more cumbersome than the process of licensing music for film. So, he created License Guru. “I discovered that getting the rights to use a song in a film […]

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Ball State student works to educate tenants and landlords, improve rentals

April 17, 2019 by Gabrielle Glass

Ball State University graduate student Gabriel Shetterley of Pendleton is working to improve rental housing by educating tenants and landlords about issues and responsibilities, and he plans to apply what he’s learned to issues in his hometown. Nearly one of every three Muncie residents lives in a rental property. Shetterley is working with the 8-12 […]

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