Potentials and Challenges of Educating on Difficult History with XR

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Info

When
10.00 am – 02.00 pm
08. November 2023

Where
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
Salzufer 15/16
10587 Berlin
Germany

Online Access / Registration
https://lmu-munich.zoom-x.de/j/92217341405?pwd=RWNUQlZvNEVRQVBFa0JlSDd0RXdjUT09
Meeting ID: 922 1734 1405
ID code: 049829

The hybrid event discusses different aspects of Holocuast Education using Extended Reality (XR) technologies. First learnings from recent projects are presented including hands-on experience with the VR productions “Ernst Grube – The Legacy” and “Eva Umlauf – Her Testimony”.

Moderation: Mirjam Schambeck & Fahima Ulfat

Agenda

10.00 – 10.15: Welcome Address
Prof. Dr. Peter Eisert (Fraunhofer HHI & Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)

10.15 – 11.00: Expanding Horizons – Exploring the Transformative Power of Virtual Reality for Social-Emotional Learning in Holocaust Education
Zehavit Gross & Ela Luria (University of Haifa)

11.15 – 12.00: (Hi)story Telling in XR – Prototypes from the Project SPUR.lab
Bettina Loppe & Swantje Bansen (Brandenburg Association for Culture and History, Brandenburg Memorials Foundation)

12.00 – 12.45: Learning with Holocaust Survivors’ Testimonies – Empirical Findings of a Qualitative Survey among High School Students
Anja Ballis, Lisa Schwendemann & Oliver Schreer, Ingo Feldmann (LMU München, Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin)

13.00 – 14.00: Exploring XR Media – “Ernst Grube – Das Vermächtnis”, “Eva Umlauf – Ihr Zeugnis”, Auschwitz VR

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