Featured NewsWalking with ‘Walden’: A VR immersion in literary historyTory Abbott '23info@skidmore.edu01/13/2025 03:09:59 PMdisplaySkidmore educators are using emerging technologies to enrich learning experiences — from simulating Henry David Thoreau’s life in the 19th century to exploring the human heart.NewsA student wears a set of VR gogglesBen Harwood assists a student as they navigate "Walden, a Game."The work that Lead Instructional Technologist Ben Harwood and Assistant Professor of English Jamie Parra are doing to bring VR into the classroom is just one example of the ways that Skidmore is transforming students' learning experience.