IE Business School Transforms Soft Skills Training with VR
Discover how IE Business School enhances storytelling, public speaking, and soft skills training through immersive VR experiences.
Highlights
Skills
Storytelling and public speaking
2000+
students use VirtualSpeech annually
18%
average skill improvement
24%
average increase in confidence
Customer Introduction
IE Business School is one of the top business schools globally, known for its innovative teaching methods and focus on preparing future leaders. With a commitment to providing its students with cutting-edge learning experiences, the school integrates the latest technologies into its curriculum.
The Goal
IE Business School wanted a way for Masters students to practice Storytelling, Public Speaking and other soft skills. They wanted this to be available to students at home and enable them to practice and get feedback on their performance at a time convenient for them. Simultaneously, the teachers wanted to visualize the data to support their methodology.
Project manager, Learning innovation
Gema Molero
“VirtualSpeech has truly been my caballo ganador (my winner!) VirtualSpeech is an innovative platform that has consistently helped students enhance their confidence, sharpen key skills, and receive constructive feedback. They’ve become a vital tool for communication and soft skills training at IE University."
The Solution
IE University started with a small pilot to test the demand and effectiveness amongst students. After a successful pilot, the faculty started training colleagues and adapting the syllabus to incorporate this active learning into their teaching.
VR is now used with over 2000 students each year to evaluate, feedback and assess the learning of public speaking and other communication-skills modules. IE successfully established a system for VR device distribution to scale immersive learning, so that students have the device for 4-7 days at a time.
Results and Benefits
- VirtualSpeech has been a compulsory part of the Masters syllabus since 2023.
- 2,000+ students use VirtualSpeech annually across 30 courses.
- Students have shown an average skill level improvement of 18%.
- Confidence levels have increased by 24% on average.
