Empower students to learn essential soft-skills
Immersive learning positively impacts engagement, memory, confidence and performance. That’s why Bodyswaps, in collaboration with Meta, is giving 100 institutions the opportunity to empower students with immersive soft skills training. For free.
Immersive learning is proving to have a significant impact on soft skills for both students and staff, allowing institutions around the world to level the playing field and boost opportunities for their students in the competitive global market.
Bodyswaps is committed to improving learning performance and believe the best way to achieve this is to make the technology widely accessible.
Through Meta Immersive Learning, Meta is helping to transform the way we learn, and increase access to learning through technology.
Entries for application are open from 16th November 2022 - 20th December 2022.
Once the application period closes, 100 tertiary education institutions will be selected to pilot the use of immersive learning to support soft skills training for their students.
The selected institutions will each receive two Meta Quest 2 headsets and 3-months free access to Bodyswaps VR learning programs that includes dedicated onboarding and support.
Empower your students to build critical soft skills. Apply to ignite a positive impact at your institution with immersive learning.
The program is open to universities and colleges located in the US, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Norway and EU countries.
All applicants will be considered, however, institutions serving learners from underserved communities will be prioritized.
Applicants will be notified of their application status on 23rd December 2022.
Grant recipients are expected to receive headsets in January, and will be supported through an onboarding process from January to April 2023.
The headset package includes: two Meta Quest 2 headsets, charging cables, touch controllers, AA batteries, power adapters, and glasses spacers.
All successful applicants will be able to keep the headsets after the pilot program is complete.
Successful applicants will receive 3-month unlimited access to the entire Bodyswaps Library of soft skills training simulations to enable their students to experience realistic workplace scenarios and learn by observing their own behaviour.
Bodyswaps will support institutions with live onboarding clinics, regular check-in and deployment resources.
Throughout the pilot programme you’ll have a team dedicated to helping you and your students achieve your learning outcomes.
Bodyswaps will require institutions to capture anonymised data from students and educators for research purposes and reserves the right to communicate about the institutions’ acceptance into the programme.
The Bodyswaps format has been designed to enhance learner engagement, accelerate learning and accommodate multiple deployment modalities.
of learners report a significant improvement in their self-awareness and knowledge of how to improve their skills.
of learners report a significant improvement in their confidence to apply the simulated soft skills in real situations.
of learners report being likely to recommend Bodyswaps to their colleagues over traditional forms of training.
“I have been waiting for VR to transform the way we educate people for the last 15 years – finally Bodyswaps has produced what I have been waiting for. I can’t wait to see what the next 15 years will bring!”
"Bodyswaps is a great way to look at the impact of immersive learning within the employability space. Through the world of virtual reality, students have been able to enhance their confidence and try a unique tech-enhanced approach to employability."
"Bodyswaps opened our eyes to what VR can bring to interview training. This is a game-changer.”
"Bodyswaps is an application that allows learners to practice skills that are difficult to replicate in a traditional learning environment. The immersive experience is risk-free, accessible, engaging, and encourages learners to reflect on their own understanding of themselves. It has great potential as an essential learning tool now and in the future."
Bodyswaps is helping learners develop the C.O.R.E social skills of Compassion, Originality, Responsibility, and Empathy that we value so much at Basingstoke College of Technology. Bodyswaps is a tool that aligns with our own strategic focus on using technology with the intention to improve teaching, learning, assessment and wellbeing of all learners.
"Bodyswaps rocks!"