Immersive technology company Lumination is building its first Lumination Learning Lab in New South Wales
Sydney, NSW | 2 November, 2022 — Holroyd High School is leading the way when it comes to immersive learning in New South Wales. The first school to purchase an innovative Lumination Learning Lab in the state, its students will soon have access to world class emerging immersive technology.
“For Holroyd High School, having the opportunity to be able to access immersive learning and experiential technologies is really key in building skills for the future,” says Kylie Adams, Principal at Holroyd.
Lumination, an immersive technology company, is building Lumination Learning Labs in schools and workplaces in Australia. Automated, multi-purpose and immersive environments, its Labs come equipped with virtual and augmented reality technology (VR/AR). Controlled by LeadMe, Lumination’s classroom management software, the Labs are easy to use and are proven to improve student learning outcomes and increase engagement and retention in the classroom. Lumination’s Labs better equip students for careers in the real world, turning passive, rote based learning into active, experiential learning.
“Often as a teacher, students would ask when they would use certain skills in real life,” says Jonathan Kim Sing, Lumination’s Education Programs Manager in NSW. “I would have loved to have access to a Lumination Learning Lab to place my students into different experiences. We’re really excited to invite teachers into our Sydney Lab to see how we can help support student learning and transform the way they prepare for the jobs of the future.”
Holroyd is the first school in New South Wales to purchase a Lab from Lumination, with over 20 Labs built or underway in schools across Australia. Along with the purchase of a Lab, schools receive 12 months of support, including professional development sessions, ICT assistance and access to lesson plans and resources through Lumination’s Learning Management System (LMS).
The Lab build at Holroyd is set to start in 2023, transforming an existing space within the school into an immersive environment. The goal is to make the onboarding process as easy as possible for teachers, so they can focus more on teaching.
Already reaping the benefits of its Lumination Learning Lab, which opened in March of 2022, students and teachers at Goolwa Secondary College are experiencing learning in a completely new way.
“They can learn from the books, from online, from videos, but until they actually step into it, they struggle to see and feel that it is a place,” says Joe Davidson, Drama, HASS and Digital Technology Teacher at Goolwa. “By being able to present these experiences to these kids, their levels of engagement have greatly increased.”
Lumination, a national company, officially opened its first office in New South Wales this past September, inclusive of its own state of the art Lumination Learning Lab. Located in North Sydney, the team invites teachers, ICT and STEM leads and principals to explore the space to gain an understanding of how these innovative environments are transforming the way students prepare for the jobs of the future. Learn more at lumination.com.au.
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About Lumination
Lumination is a world leader in immersive technology, creating Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) software to revolutionise the way we teach, learn and work. Founded in 2016, the Company started in a garage in Semaphore, Adelaide, with the goal of disrupting one of the oldest practices in history — the conventional classroom. With a growing team of over 80 employees, Lumination has served over 2 million customers nationally and is rapidly expanding into the defence, government and enterprise sectors. Increasing access to emerging technologies, Lumination is committed to strengthening the future of the workforce and taking learning to the next level on the world stage.
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