Teaching Resources

 

Immerse

A platform that creates unique and immersive language learning by combining live expert-led instruction and AI-powered technology to give immediate communication feedback.  

Padlet

An online collaboration tool that functions like an online bulletin board. Allowing users to post their own content while interacting with others to create shared boards.  

Wakelet

A content curation platform that allows users to accumulate pictures, videos, posts, websites, articles, and Twitter threads into a single collection. These collections can be used for various purposes, such as creating digital portfolios, sharing research, or collaborating on projects. 

Quizlet

An online learning tool that generates flashcards, tests, and study games to help students study. Users can create their own study sets or find existing ones to enhance their learning.  

VR Classroom

The VR Classroom is a service offered by the studio, founded by Studio Researchrs in 2022. VR Classroom uses virtual reality technology and headsets to immerse students in interactive language-learning environments through games and study applications.

Podcast Booth

A reservable space within the WLDH Studio where students and faculty can record, edit, and publish audio recordings such as podcasts, audiobooks, and voice-overs.

 

Featured Courses

French Theater Atelier

  • French - Special Topics: "French Theatre Atelier"
  • MWF — 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
  • FREN 57003-001 (graduate level)
  • Required for French MA (first or second year)
  • JBHT 255
  • Dr. Maria Comsa (mcomsa@uark.edu)

Digital Humanities

  • Special Topics in Digital Humanities— Outer Wilder: Playing with Identity in Indie Games
  • WLLC 30703 (undergraduate) / WLLC 5750V-003 (graduate): Special Topics in Digital Humanities
  • Counts toward the concentration in CLST, DH, and Game Design
  • JBHT 255
  • TTh 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. 
  • Dr. David Fredrick (dfredric@uark.edu)

Game Design Theory and Practice

  • WLLC 30303: Game Design (I)
  • WLLC 303H3: Honors Game Design (I)
  • MW 3:05-4:20 p.m.
  • JBHT 255
  • Counts toward the concentration in CLST, DH, and Game Design
  • Dr. David Fredrick (dfredric@uark.edu), Michael Hall (mh150@uark.edu) 

Pentiment: Immersive Medieval Manuscripts

  • GREK 20103 (students of Ancient Greek)
  • CLST 30003 (students interested in DH, Game Design, History, Classical Studies, MRST)
  • Counts toward the concentration in CLST, DH, and Game Design
  • MW 4:35-5:50
  • JBHT 255
  • Dr. David Fredrick (dfredric@uark.edu)

 

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Lesson Plans

SPAN 2003: Casa Batllo VR

Led by Jhonatan Carmona in 2023, this VR Classroom visit focused on taking his students to Casa Batllo in Spain through a YouTube VR video that had a Spanish narration. The students would fill out the attached worksheet that describes Casa Batllo before going through the building in VR. After, the students would answer questions on a Padlet and discuss the experience with each other. 

 

CLST 44103/LATN 10103: Lost Recipes

In Dr. Rhodora Vennarucci's Greek Art and Archaeology and Elementary Latin courses, Lost Recipes was used to give the students an experience in cooking Ancient Greek recipes and understand the layout of an Ancient Greek kitchen. For CLST 44103, this was done in conjunction with the Greek House project to bring to life a small portion of a similar home to the one being studied. For LATN 10103, this was done in conjunction with a Roman cooking project; while these are different cultures, the items used in each kitchen are similar and the recipes use similar ingredients given the very interconnected nature of the Greeks and Romans.

Thaden School Visit for Classics Day 

As part of the Classics Day that Latin students from the Thaden School had on the University of Arkansas Campus, Dr. Vennarucci, Dr. Reeber, Dr. Levine, and graduate students Michael Hall and Rachel Murray brought the students to the WLDH Studio for a pair of VR applications. Dr. Venarucci had students go through her Virtual Roman Retail application, which allows the player to experience a virtualized Roman Shop. Michael Hall had the students play Lost Recipes to show them the extent of virtual Classics experiences available to us at that time.

Students of Spanish (Virtually) Visit Argentina

The FLTAs from Argentina for the 2022-2023 Academic Year (Camila Bracamonte) and 2023-2024 Academic Year (Julieta Bertola) both brought students to the WLDH Studio to bring them on different tours of Argentina. Camila found a number of videos that brought the students to different natural wonders of Argentina, a cultural event, and a trip through Buenos Aires. Julieta, in the spirit of Halloween, brought students to the Cementerio de la Recoleta to take a walking tour of this famous cemetery in Buenos Aires.