Implementing VirtualSpeech at ZHAW School of Management and Law
Discover how VirtualSpeech revolutionizes soft skills learning for over 100 Masters students at ZHAW School of Management and Law.
Highlights
Skills
Public speaking and presentation skills
684+
minutes spent in VR
100+
masters students
Higher
confidence and engagement
Customer Introduction
The ZHAW School of Management and Law thrives on three key factors: research excellence, a global outlook with Swiss roots, and innovative, practice-oriented study programs (BSc, MSc, and continuing education). Their education and research drive entrepreneurship and help address social challenges, embodying Swiss excellence with global impact.
The Goal
The ZHAW School of Management and Law's main goal was to simulate public speaking scenarios, allowing Masters students to train critical soft skills and improve their employability ahead of graduation.
"VirtualSpeech provides an excellent way of analysing the delivery of public speeches with automated feedback on various aspects of a talk such as pace, filler words, eye contact and many more."
Dr. Roger Seiler - Head of the Mixed-Reality-LAB
The Solution
With VirtualSpeech, students can practice online and in VR an unlimited number of times until they are confident in their ability and can perform their best in real-life situations. By practicing in realistic VR scenarios, ZHAW School of Management and Law students can learn key communication skills through immersive, hands-on experience.
Results and Benefits
100+ students have been exposed to the VR experience so far. Research is clear on the positive effects VR can have in education hence, there are not a lot of excuses as to why not to use the technology where it makes a lot of sense (e.g. simulation, soft skill training or safety procedures).
- "I was very nervous about delivering a presentation in front of my class. I really liked the VirtualSpeech software - it helped me to practice my presentation, gain routine and momentum, and hence, overcome some of my tension and stage fright." SML Student
- "The hardware and software that is made available to us is simply world class. In "normal" life, I would probably never work with such good equipment and systems (unless I choose a job in this field at some point, of course)." SML Student
