59 Prof. Adina Shamir The Bar-Ilan Faculty of Education’s Immersive Room is a 360°-projection, multi-sensory environment that transforms the walls, floor, and even ceiling into virtual windows onto new worlds. To ensure that the learning is retained over the long term, the Immersive Room is used not only for research and education, but also—critically—for training, or what Shamir calls an “ecological approach” to learning: Throughout the year, the room welcomes professional-development sessions for students’ kindergarten teachers and for their parents. During these sessions, both groups are taught how to use technology to maximize children’s learning potential and address their learning difficulties. “This project has allowed me to help so many children in Israel and advance the field as a whole. I feel blessed,” says Shamir, “to be able to give so much back to the community.”
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