1. Overview: What Is the Innovation Garden?

The iLEAD Innovation Garden is the practice-facing pillar of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN). It is a collaborative space where educators, designers, technologists, artists, and community practitioners develop immersive learning experiences, refine applied methods, and contribute practice-based evidence to the global field.

The Garden exists to:

• Support hands-on design, prototyping, and iteration

• Surface emergent cross-platform practices

• Provide tutorials, walkthroughs, and design examples

• Create a welcoming pathway for new practitioners

• Generate experiential contributions for the annual iLRN conference

• Feed validated practices into the Knowledge Tree and the iLRN Repository

Through these activities, the Innovation Garden serves as a living ecosystem where ideas are explored, strengthened, and shared. It provides an accessible entry point into the iLRN community while supporting the growth of immersive learning as a global, evidence-informed discipline.