Learner
Roughly 40 post-secondary students per term with no prior immersive-media background.
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Case study 04 · Curriculum design · Post-secondary
Immersive Storytelling Curriculum
From first headset to finished story.
Challenge
Teach students to plan, produce, and critique AR, VR, and 360° video stories about their own communities.
The design response
Decisions before deliverables.
Format followed the learning need, not the other way around.
- 01Scaffold the curriculum from concept through production.
- 02Use group projects to make collaboration part of the learning.
- 03Align rubrics directly to learning outcomes.
- 04Build in milestone feedback to catch quality issues early.
- 05Introduce AI-assisted workflows alongside explicit ethics discussion.
What Olivier built
Design carried through production.
Designed and taught: Intro to Design, Layout and Immersive Storytelling
Designed and taught: Intro to Animation with Social Media Integration
Assignments, assessments, and outcome-aligned rubrics
Lecture presentations and seminar discussions on emerging media
Hands-on training in immersive software and hardware
Guided group AR, VR, and 360° journalism projects
Outcome
Students shipped community-focused immersive journalism projects while developing technical skill, collaboration habits, and critical awareness of emerging tools.