This season is all about “playing roles,” and Haeny and Nathan start it off by exploring a long ago and far away galaxy at the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser immersive experience. They are joined by fellow Teachers College professors Tran Templeton and Alex Bowers for their journey, and then interviewed by earthbound guest host Professor Lalitha Vasudevan to unpack their fantastical adventures. They ask, what is an immersive experience? What did they learn that could be relevant to designing learning experiences and environments? Why was Haeny’s experience so much different than Nathan’s? Find out all this and more on our first episode of Season 4!

This episode includes short audio clips from the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience for transformational educational and commentary uses in this not-for-profit podcast under fair use. 

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See pictures from the team's visit to Galactic Starcruiser! http://snowdaylearninglab.org/popplay_starcruiser

Our music is selections from Leafeaters by Podington Bear, Licensed under CC (BY-NC) 3.0.

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