Winner: Sunderland College Igloo Cylinder Igloo vision
Sunderland College was looking to install an immersive environment to enhance teaching and learning, so turned to Igloo Vision’s expertise.
We installed a fully immersive 360° 7-metre cylinder with full projection, equipped with our Immersive Media Player and Enterprise software package. The space was acoustically treated to reduce noise transfer between classrooms as well as containing a movable podium for system control, which can be placed inside or outside the cylinder.
It’s being used to train students safely and efficiently in real-world work environments, to obtain the experience of working in simulated real- world settings and to enrich educational experience.
- The cylinder allows Sunderland College teachers to innovate their practice and provide better experiences for students at the college, improving participation and retention.
- The space has enabled Sunderland College to attract potential students to new T Level courses, alongside increasing student numbers, showing the college’s commitment to digital strategy and digital literacy.
- Alongside improving student aspirations by providing an interactive space that incentivises and motivates the students, the cylinder offers a place for better work experience placements and for local employers to partner with the college on vocational courses.With a 360° cylinder and full-floor projection, the space is truly immersive and takes educational environments to the next level by transporting students to real-world settings for training and experience, on construction sites, in hospitals, around offshore wind farms, and many more.
- The cylinder enables Sunderland College to improve communication and cross-site interaction between different departments and local colleges, creating a whole new paradigm of teaching skills and allowing students to draw on the best examples of whatever they are learning – no matter where they are located.
