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Citation

Freeman, A., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Davis, A., and Hall Giesinger, C. (2017). NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Benefits of Virtual Reality in Education

Citation

Freeman, A., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Davis, A., and Hall Giesinger, C. (2017). NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY?

  • Computer generated environments that stimulate the physical presence of people and or objects and realistic sensory experiences
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VR BENEFITS IN EDUCATION

  • Authentic learning
  • Student-centered learning
  • Promotes creative inquiry
  • Increases student engagement
  • Experimental learning opportunities

HOW VR CREATES THESE BENEFITS

  • Virtual field trips
  • Virtual science experiments
  • 3-D imagery
  • Adaptive learning tools
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VR FIELD TRIPS

  • Allows students to “visit” places otherwise impossible
  • Stimulates first hand experiences
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VR SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

  • Without any risk of harm students can use chemicals in a virtual chemistry lab to create different experiments

3-D IMAGES

  • Students can view up-close 3-D images of plants, animals, and geographic features
Photo by Ron Whitaker

ADAPTIVE LEARNING TOOLS

  • Creates personalized instruction
  • Can read cues of boredom and adjust learning for student
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