Virtual Immersion to promote inquiry of personal value systems Shalyse Iseminger, MS Teresa Curtis, MS Purdue University Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion CoP 2016 National eXtension Conference March 23, 2016

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Community of Practice Our Mission To foster a network of multi-disciplinary approaches to meet the needs of diverse audiences. Our Vision To be the preeminent virtual community in diversity that fosters intellectual thinking, discourse, and engagement through cutting edge information and educational resources.

How We Operate 4 resource areas Reaching New Audiences Organizational Development and Change Workforce Diversity Civil Rights and Legal Issues Training Venues/ Community Interactions Website Webinars Blogs Conference Calls

Culture is like an Iceberg. Values and Diversity Culture is like an Iceberg. 6/7th’s of it is UNDER the water.

BEHAVIOR BELIEFS VALUES AND THOUGHT PATTERNS

The Relationship of VALUES, BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, & CHOICES

Project Noah http://envision.purdue.edu/AGR201/FullSequence_720V2.mov

Using Animation and Virtual Technology in diversity education Wheelchair simulation http://www.envision.purdue.edu/abil/Abil_final/ Race simulation Class simulation Goal: increasing engagement, especially in online learning Use in firefox. Back up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5mLdoYIXrc

Brainstorm and Discussion What role does diversity and inclusion play in your professional practice? Have you had experiences with animation and/or virtual technologies in trainings you have facilitated? In trainings in which you have been a participant? What are some ways in which you can imagine animation and/or virtual technologies being used in eXtension? In trainings for diversity and inclusion?

More information Shalyse Iseminger- stindell@purdue.edu DEI CoP: Join here- https://people.extension.org/communities/6 Communicating Across Cultures Course: Enrollment Information (http://articles.extension.org/pages/10008/professional-development) Communicating across cultures Communicating across cultures Part 2 Communicating across cultures Part 3 Communicating across cultures Part 4 Buy 3, Get 1 Free!