Lehigh Library & Technology Services

Lifelong learners from the Hi Neighbors community program recently visited the LETs Lab to experience The Lehigh Gap Story, a virtual reality learning experience developed by Lehigh RiVR Immersive Learning, a cross-disciplinary research and development lab at Lehigh, led by Dr. Alec Bodzin, Professor in the Teaching, Learning, and Technology program in Lehigh’s College of Education. The session was supported by Stephen Sakasitz, CITL Emerging Technology Specialist; Tarah Cicero, ITS Manager of Academic Media Production Services; and students from Dr. Bodzin’s research team.

During the visit, participants explored watershed and environmental issues through immersive VR and heard from Dr. Bodzin, who leads the initiative behind the VR experience and its broader series of STEM-focused learning games.

The Hi Neighbors Speakers Program, designed for retired professionals engaged in their community and interested in lifelong learning, offers free weekly presentations on local culture, history, and current events. Individuals interested in participating can contact [email protected] for more information.

The LETs Lab is a collaboration between ITS and the Office of Arts & Libraries, created to promote engagement with emerging academic technologies.

Ready to level up your Zotero skills? Join us for a one-hour session exploring advanced features and the latest updates designed to make research and literature reviews more efficient.

🗓️ Tue, Jun 23
🕛 12:00 PM
💻 Via Zoom

💡 Learn about:
• Effective tagging, annotations, and note-taking
• Improvements to the Zotero browser extension, citation tools, and group libraries
• New built-in Text-to-Speech for PDFs, epubs, and webpage snapshots

Perfect for researchers, graduate students, and anyone looking to organize sources more effectively. Beginners are welcome, too!

Register for this or other Technology and Library Seminars at https://lts.lehigh.edu/lts-seminars

The Office of Educational Innovation and Assessment and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning invite Lehigh faculty and instructional staff of all levels to join the 2026 OEIA/CITL Summer Course Design Institute (CDI), a four-day faculty and instructional staff workshop focused on backward design, learning outcomes, assessment, and course development. The institute will take place in the Clayton University Center Monday, August 3 to Thursday, August 6 from 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. each day.

Completed applications are due by Wednesday, July 1. Decisions will be shared by Friday, July 10.

The CDI creates a space for faculty and instructional staff of all departments to collaboratively revise and revitalize an existing course or design an entirely new course.

For details and to apply, visit https://lts.lehigh.edu/news/join-oeiacitl-summer-course-design-institute