- In which ways “virtual reality” can be used in education? (Can be explained with the subject of your interest).
In my opinion, VR plays an important role in education, VR can be used in different ways in different grades. In pre-school education, VR can be used in developing pre-school students’ ability to listen and speak via immersion education, VR gives teachers an additional immersive tool. In elementary and secondary education, VR provides a new way for students and teachers to learn knowledge about history or geography which needs audio and visual sense. Using VR is a good way to ensure students are engaged, motivated and challenged by teachers and educational technology. For future education, universities and colleges have always been at the cutting edge of new technologies, driving development and creating the next generation of scientists, developers and entrepreneurs. Virtual reality technologies are at the frontier of development right now.
- Technology has become a significant part of the day-to-day teaching-learning process. What are the challenges faced by an educator while selecting technology to enhance their teaching?
As educators, selecting appropriate technologies is important, because you need to be responsible for your students and teaching results. Financial problem is one of the major challenges that educators will face when selecting technology. Some high educational technological teaching facilities may cost a lot of money, some schools can’t afford it. In addition, the acceptability of students is another challenge for educators. Some students have high study efficiency with traditional education methods while some students prefer new educational technology.
Lingjin you make some great points regarding challenges for using technology in the classroom. I really like the comment about making sure that technology is not forced onto students who prefer a more traditional approach or other approaches for that matter.
I also enjoyed some of the ways VR could be implemented in a classroom and never thought of our youngest students using it to enhance vocabulary skills.
Hi Lingjin,
You offer some intriguing insight in your first response by highlighting how VR could motivate students to learn because of its interactive ability. As an elementary school teacher, I would love for students to explore curriculum elements such as Indigenous culture, the pyramids, or the human body – even I would enjoy that. Having said that, you also pointed out the reality of current VR technology in your second response – $$$
And I agree, teachers are responsible for student success, so it is unfortunate that cost can get in the way of teachers trying new, cutting edge technology. Maybe one day that will change.
Emilio
H Lingjin:
Thank you for your post. I like your idea about that VR can help teachers to developing pre-school students’ ability to listen and speak. I believe the students would be super exciting to use tools like VR and AR in classroom. This is also a challenge for teachers. How to reasonably use technology for younger students so that they can use technology as a tool without being trapped by the technology itself is also a question that needs to be considered.
Hi Lingjin,
Thank you for your post. The point for expectation of technology in future education is very interesting. We can foreseen the future teaching learning spaces with the implementation of technology. This era is the starting of technology and from trends, researchers are predicting that in 4-5 decades the classrooms will become super intelligent with AI, VR and advanced open learning spaces with construction of smart classrooms.
Thank you