TAER 2025 Conference

Illuminating Possibilities with AI, 3D Printing, and VR in Education - Donna Clemens
Description: Join us for an exploration of how advanced technologies—Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D printing, and Virtual Reality (VR)—are reshaping education and enhancing student engagement, accessibility, and creativity. This session will dive into cutting-edge applications across diverse learning environments, from using AI to personalize learning pathways, to 3D printing for hands-on STEM experiences, to VR for immersive, real-world simulations. We will discuss successful case studies, including VR environments for students with visual impairments, and examine how these tools can be applied to meet varied learning needs. Attendees will leave with actionable insights on how to integrate these technologies into their own educational settings, unlocking new possibilities for innovation and inclusion.

Whether your student wants “everything, everywhere, all at once” or is “too cool for school,” this session will help you think outside the box to meet your students’ needs. Through case studies, options for each style of student will be presented. Also, the benefits of using AI with Assistive Technology.

To mitigate the challenges inherent in screen readers within computer programming code, the research team developed and is testing JupyterVox. This presentation describes the qualities of JupyterVox and reports on our experiments to date.