Jeffrey Vadala PhDJun 25, 20184 min readVirtual Reality in Higher Education: Using VR to Understand and Explore Ancient Maya MetaphysicsAs this year's Five College Postdoctoral scholar of Digital Humanities and Blended Learning, I challenged my Hampshire College class to...
Jeffrey Vadala PhDJan 24, 20186 min readAnthropologically Critiquing Reality: Virtual Realities and Actual RealitiesClick Link below for downloadable syllabus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-NZ3Kv0mmfzhiY4jw9hxqif5poPZT4zIqoCEWq18bQ8/edit?usp=shar...
Jeffrey Vadala and Jennifer ChmilarJan 17, 20171 min readSeasonal Rhythms and Quotidian Duties: Insights into the Impact of Environment on Structuring Daily Here is the abstract for our upcoming Society for American Archaeology presentation in Vancouver. Written with Jennifer Chmilar, this...
Jeffrey Vadala PhDJan 4, 20172 min readTeaching a Digital AnthropologyWhile conducting my research, I also found that virtual reality environments could be powerful teaching tools. After creating an...
Jeffrey VadalaJan 3, 20171 min readCerro Maya 3d (Cerros), BelizeIn my introductory anthropology class, I created an interactive learning project where students had to explore a virtual reality...