Tiger Strides: Walk With Me Summer 2021 Library Fellowship

William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center

Pacific Advanced Collaboration Summer Fellowships are interdisciplinary, technology-enhanced experiences rooted in the collaborative ideals of Project Based Learning. Sponsored by the University Library, teams embark each summer on short, but intensive inquiries into complex, open-ended questions. The Summer 2021 fellowship centered on student-led investigations into the cultural histories of the Stockton campus. Research revealed a theme of student driven initiatives that propelled social change. To connect classmates past and present with their findings, the fellows devised and published a phone app for an augmented reality walking tour of selected campus sites. Supported by faculty and staff team with expertise in public history, design, user experience, digital projects and librarianship, six fellows created an original, relevant, and aesthetic immersive experience in just five weeks. Augmented reality was selected in order to connect notable places on Pacific's campus with their meaningful histories. Through the user's smartphone camera, digitally created 3D graphics and audio are overlaid onto the surrounding environment, providing anon-screen interplay of physical space and digital content. This technology offers new opportunities for more accessible and engaging learning environments. Summer 2021 Fellows: Jamie Chesbrough, Kaitlyn Imada, Harleen Kahlon, Braydon Ross, Thyphien Son, Lorenzo Spaccarelli. Fellowship Faculty Lead: Lisa Cooperman Team: Keely Canniff, Jennifer Helgren, Robin Imhof, Marie Lee, Mike Wurtz.