VEMI Lab

The VEMI Lab, in collaboration with UMaine Institute of Medicine’s Valerie Herbert, has published a new peer-reviewed journal article related to nursing education. The work, entitled “Developing a Smartphone App With Augmented Reality to Support Virtual Learning of Nursing Students on Heart Failure” describes a study in which Junior level nursing students at the University […]

Dr. Giudice worked in collaboration with colleagues to publish a new peer reviewed journal article on COVID-19 and blindness. The work, entitled “COVID-19 and Visual Disability: Can’t Look and Now Don’t Touch”, builds on a popular medium piece Giudice wrote in the summer of 2020. The new piece was published in the Physical Medicine & […]

Computing initiatives, including data science, are quickly expanding in preschool-12th grade curricula as the demand for technical skills in the workforce rapidly increases. Although data science is difficult on its own, it has been shown that the current tools and curriculum for teaching and learning such skills are largely inaccessible to students with disabilities. This inaccessibility […]

Norbert is VEMI’s newest lab member. Pictured on the left is Norbert with VEMI’s Dr. Nicholas Giudice. The pair has just graduated from Guiding Eyes; be sure to check out this article to read all about it: Graduate Team – Nicholas and Norbert – Guiding Eyes for the Blind