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The Immersion Studio in the Riddell Library and Learning commons is a truly other-worldly place. With special projectors that display images floor-to-ceiling on all four worlds and an incredible sound system, patrons can be transported to a completely different dimension. Common uses include early morning yoga sessions in calm, meditative environments, and recurring use by the nursing program.

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An immersive room that has projected images or video on the full wall, on all four walls. Also has an incredible sound system to create a fully immersive space for relaxation, learning, and studying. The seating is low and easily moveable.

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One of the consistent uses of the Immersion Studio is by the nursing students. As part of their training, they enter a completely immersive simulation of an emergency room, with all the sounds and sights a nurse would experience. Recounting a real medical emergency, a dummy patient is brought in on a stretcher, made up to look like they were in a car accident. On one side of the room, doctor's charts and their account of the incident is presented. On the opposite wall, the perspective of the patient's mother. After going through this simulation, many students remark on the value of the experience - it gives them a different perspective of the patient's emotional needs, as well as that of the family.

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The Maker Studio at the MRU library provides patrons with access to many creative technologies in order to promote learning and education. The space was intentionally included in the planning of the new library. The maker space serves the whole campus. The maker space also has the goal of building tech literacy among students to build their 21st century skills. The maker studio has an open-door policy, with curricular integration and academic research taking place as well.
Using the technology in the maker space can get quite technical - luckily the library staff have created lots of video tutorials and documents on how to use their technologies.

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Benefits:
Allows for the creation of heat transfer vinyl decals of any image. The decals can then be taken to the heat press and transferred to fabric.
Allows for an area of innovation and creativity while incorporating course material.

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A patch made by the digital embroidery machine (left) and a vinyl decal made using the vinyl printer the heat press (right).

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One of the audio production studios has equipment for students and faculty to produce podcasts, infomercials, voice recordings, etc. MRU also rents out cameras and portable voice recorders to students.

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The Audio Production rooms at the MRU library are a great space to create, record, and edit podcasts, music, and interviews. With one room dedicated to recording vocal audio, with sound-dampening walls and four microphones, students can record audio for podcasts, interviews, discussions and more. The adjacent room next door is dedicated to editing those recordings, creating music to go with them, and finalizing audio productions.

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Music production room has equipment and software available to students to assist in music and audio production and editing. There is also a piano keyboard.

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The new MRU library, the Riddell Library and Learning Centre, was opened in 2017. It has 4 floors with lots of windows to let in natural light. All of the furniture is height adjustable to accommodate tall, short, and differently abled patrons.  The library is consistently at capacity during non-COVID times, and still sees a fair amount of people each day during the pandemic.

There are many technologies available in the library building, but the library staff have accounted for the learning curve by providing lots of videos and documents to allow patrons to self-educate themselves on how to use the library's offerings.

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https://library.mtroyal.ca/spaces/audio

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Audio Production Room 2L

Record podcasts, interviews, discussions and more with groups of up to four using the Rodecaster audio interface. Video conferences and phone calls can also be recorded in addition to people in the room.

Post Production Room 2M

Record voice overs and edit podcasts, videos, and other audiovisual projects using the installed audio and video editing software.

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MRU Library Website: Spaces & Technology - Teaching & Learning: Audio Production Rooms

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Record podcasts, interviews, discussions and more with groups of up to four using the Rodecaster audio interface. Video conferences and phone calls can also be recorded in addition to people in the room. Record voice overs and edit podcasts, videos, and other audiovisual projects using the installed audio and video editing software.

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Emergency Room Simulation Training

Nursing in-class instruction for NURS 3102

Associate Professor Stephanie Zettle (School of Nursing and Midwifery) took the step to help create an immersive emergency room simulation for her students as a way to prepare them for critical care settings. A full description of the scenario is projected on one of four walls in the Immersion Studio and is based on a true story that highlights a mother's perspective on her daughter's recovery from a motor vehicle collision that took place in Australia. The mother's story is also juxtaposed with the nurse's narrative in the 360-degree space that becomes a replication of a real ICU complete with sights, sounds, and a mannequin that is made to look like a trauma patient. This is an interactive scenario where students are encouraged to ask questions and reflect on what this experience would be like for both the mother and the patient.

Students who have participated in the activity have recounted how beneficial it is to know what impact they have on the recovery of their patients.

"It gave us perspective on a real-life experience of the patient's family, and the trauma experienced. We were also provided with a realistic perspective on the environments and thought processes of an ICU nurse."

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MRU Library Website: Spaces & Technology - Teaching & Learning: Immersion Studio

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Nursing in-class instruction for NURS 3102 Associate Professor Stephanie Zettle (School of Nursing and Midwifery) took the step to help create an immersive emergency room simulation for her students as a way to prepare them for critical care settings.

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Welcome to the Riddell Library and Learning Centre. This contemporary building is an inclusive space for collaboration and connection with expertise and resources that inspire and support innovative teaching, learning and scholarship.

In 2017, Mount Royal University opened the doors of this interdisciplinary facility to students, faculty, staff and community thanks to funding through an $88.4 million capital investment from the Government of Alberta and a generous donation from the Riddell Family Charitable Foundation.

Riddell Library and Learning Centre

74 Royal Cir SW, Calgary, AB T3E7N5

This four-storey, nearly 16,000-square-metre, building brings together experts and resources from the Academic Development Centre, including the START Lab (student technology and resource training); Department of Education; Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Student Learning Services; and University Library.

Come explore, create, discover and share ideas

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Welcome to the Riddell Library and Learning Centre. This contemporary building is an inclusive space for collaboration and connection with expertise and resources that inspire and support innovative teaching, learning and scholarship.

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This guy was made with the SLA 3D printer in liquid resin in the MRU Makerspace. This Stereolithography 3D printer uses either a liquid resin or a liquid ceramic to "print" 3-dimensional images. The images are then either UV cured or fired, respectively. In order to print, users must submit a file via email.

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This 3-D printer uses liquid resin or liquid ceramic to make creations based on files that have been submitted by students or faculty to be printed. The resin is cured between layers with UV light and will go through a full cure at the end, using UV light or natural sunlight. The ceramic creations are cured in a kiln though, due to the amount of heat that it produces, it is in storage.

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FDM 3-D Printer (Fused Deposition Modeling) 

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FDM 3-D Printer (Fused Deposition Modeling) 

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Available to students and faculty to make creations to help expand their knowledge and understanding.
Able to produce larger figures than the SLA 3-D printer.
Shorter drying time.
Library staff can assist with any file errors.

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The digital embroidery machine in the makerspace takes a digital file of an image and stitches it onto fabrics with a specialty thread. Patrons can create their own patches, customize clothing, and more. In order to create the digital design, special software is needed, but it is also provided in the makerspace. Threads need to be changed with each colour variation, and there are special considerations to keep in mind while using this machine. The makerspace webpage provides several documents on how to use this machine and software, and there is always a dedicated staff member in the makerspace to help with troubleshooting.

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Health Science student builds his own 3D printer

It's the ultimate hack: Stian French used a 3D printer in the Maker Studio at Mount Royal University to make a 3D printer. The third-year Bachelor of Science ― Health Science student based his printer on an open-source concept he found during extensive online research.

"I could have bought the parts, but they were expensive and I knew they weren't expensive to make. Plastic is pretty cheap, but it takes a lot of time to print all of them," says French, 26, who was pleased to have found a publicly accessible design. "The Maker Studio saying they would print the parts was the catalyst I needed because I had already gotten all of the metal and electrical parts of the printer. The structural pieces printed here brought it all together."

Kerry Harmer, the Maker Studio specialist, supports students, faculty, staff and the community in their endeavours in the University Library space. "On average, users spend two to four hours at a time in the studio. Students will come in and do a personal project on the 3D printer and then they'll integrate that into their curriculum because they've built the confidence around the tool and the technology. The skills that students walk out of here with are immense," Harmer says. "That's why it's really important to allow people like Stian to come in and use the space (without a requirement that it be tied to a course). As he's learning 3D-modelling and understanding his 3D printer, it's quite possible that for a capstone project in his fourth year, he will be printing 3D prosthetics."

French, who plans on attending attending medical school to become an oral surgeon after graduating from Mount Royal, has just gotten started on his journey with the technology.

Excerpt from article written by Ruth Myles, published on mru.ca

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MRU Library Website: Spaces & Technology - Teaching & Learning: Maker Studio

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The MRU Maker Studio is a creative space for students, faculty, staff and community users to explore ideas and concepts. Come in and experiment with new equipment, tools, and software to approach projects in a hands-on way. Users can design and produce cr

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Benefits:
The heat press allows students and faculty to "press on" vinyl to items such t-shirts and tote bags.
It is used in course projects, like a philosophy class project to make shirts that highlight the topic of sexual health.

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In order to use the Immersion Studio, patrons must meet with a library coordinator a minimum of three weeks prior to the booked date in order to develop their presentations. On the webpage for the Studio, there are several documents and tutorials on how to use and set up the space, as well as an FAQ section and library staff contact.