Summit Venture Studio Licenses Viewpoint Through the University of Michigan
LEHI, Utah (PRWEB) August 10, 2023 -- Summit Venture Studio announces its licensing agreement with ViewPoint, a collaboration software developed at the University of Michigan. ViewPoint is a flexible and efficient solution to enhance collaboration in online, in-person, and hybrid educational and training settings.
Many instructors struggle to find ways to help their students engage meaningfully and practice essential skills and processes with their peers. Employers may encounter similar issues when conducting trainings or simulations that involve interpersonal interactions and role-playing, especially when working with remote staff. ViewPoint allows teachers and other professionals to create custom learning activities quickly, with customizable roles that align with real-world scenarios for more realistic collaborative experiences. In addition, ViewPoint can be automated to present surprising situations or assign new tasks based on customizable timelines or completion of previous learning outcomes.
ViewPoint was developed by Elisabeth Gerber, the Jack L. Walker, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy, in collaboration with the university’s Center for Academic Innovation. ViewPoint was launched with support from Innovation Partnerships, the central hub for research commercialization activity at the University of Michigan. Gerber has already used the platform with hundreds of students in her own teaching, and has helped dozens of instructors at U-M design and implement engaging educational simulations. ViewPoint has also been deployed by numerous other institutions, including UC Berkeley, Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, and Princeton. “Leveraging Summit Venture Studio's experience, resources and capabilities in the ed tech/software space, we are excited for the new opportunities this partnership promises,” Gerber stated.
Fiona Hayes, President of ViewPoint stated, "This technology is perfect for helping educators, students, and teams, who want the quality learning experiences that come from group collaboration, but are limited by rigid online platforms.”
Taylor Bench, Managing Director at Summit Venture Studio, also commented, “We are ecstatic to partner with the University of Michigan and Elisabeth Gerber to launch ViewPoint. This company will allow universities and colleges to provide more effective group simulations and improve educational engagement and performance. Additionally, with ViewPoint, we’ll be bringing educational simulations to the management training industry.“
Summit Venture Studio
SVS is a venture studio based in Lehi Utah with a focus on commercializing novel faculty inventions via university tech transfer across the United States. To learn more about Summit Venture Studios and its portfolio of licensed technologies, visit http://www.summitventurestudio.com.
ViewPoint
ViewPoint is a software platform that enables groups to participate in virtual collaborative projects or assignments, with a high degree of customization to their field of work or study. ViewPoint facilitates engaged learning through immersive role-playing simulations. To learn more, visit https://viewpoint.ai.umich.edu/Welcome/.
University of Michigan
One of the nation’s top public universities, the University of Michigan has been a leader in research, learning and teaching for more than 200 years. U-M’s alumni body is one of the largest in the world and includes a U.S. president, scientists, actors, astronauts and inventors. The university, which also boasts a world-renowned intercollegiate athletics program, has been the site of many important events in U.S. history, including JFK’s announcement of the Peace Corps, LBJ’s “Great Society” speech, and the clinical trials of the Salk polio vaccine. The main campus in Ann Arbor comprises 19 schools and colleges; there are also regional campuses in Dearborn and Flint, and a nationally ranked health system, Michigan Medicine. In 2017, U-M celebrated its bicentennial, marking 200 years since its founding in the city of Detroit. To learn more about the University of Michigan, visit https://president.umich.edu/about/mission/.
Center for Academic Innovation
The U-M Center for Academic Innovation is committed to bringing educational opportunities from the University of Michigan to a global network of lifelong learners. Through curricular innovation, tools for student success and equity, and educational research and analytics, the center is working toward a future in which education connects and empowers learners on campus and around the world to reach their full potential throughout their lives. To learn more about the Center for Academic Innovation, visit ai.umich.edu.
Innovation Partnerships
Innovation Partnerships, a unit based in the Office of the Vice President for Research, is the primary gateway for University of Michigan researchers seeking to increase the impact of their work by connecting with the private sector. Innovation Partnerships’ team of experts amplify the impact of U-M research through corporate-sponsored research collaborations, licensing and intellectual property strategies, and connections with business mentors, entrepreneurs and investors to support startup company formation.
Fiona Hayes, Summit Venture Studio, https://summitventure.studio/, 1 385-438-7578, [email protected]
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