The Immersive Learning Research Network is happy to announce our newest member of our Board of Directors! Randall will be stepping in as iLRN's Membership Director to lead in the growth of our association of immersive learning professionals. Rode is an innovator with educational uses of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and other extended reality (XR) technologies in support of research and teaching activities, with a particular emphasis on medicine and health.  His is a prominent voice in uses of XR in higher education and medical settings, leading conversations and explorations with peer institutions and industry XR developers, and he's a frequent speaker at higher-education conferences on the topic of XR, an organizer of XR workshops for higher education institutions and facilitator of the Educause higher education Extended Reality(XR) in Education community forum.  

Instructional design is a strong part of Randy's professional background, and an important part of his approach to serving the students and the faculty he supports.  He is currently working with several departments at Southern Connecticut State University on XR initiatives including workforce training workshops and a computer science XR development elective.  Previous work includes leading the Blended Reality applied research project at Yale, managing the implementation of an AR based anatomy teaching application for the Yale School of Medicine and serving as an instructor/designer for online user-centered design curriculum at Quinnipiac University. 

iLRN is proud to offer a seat at our board table for Randy's expert contributions and leadership to the emerging field of Immersive Learning!

To connect with Director Rode and congratulate him on his new role for iLRN, please visit https://linkedin.com/in/randallrode for further details.