Use of VR and AR in Education


 In today's post, we are going to talk about Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and more importantly their use in education. So, let's get started with the definitions. Our first part will be about virtual reality.

What is Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality?

    By the definition of Wikipedia, Virtual Reality (aka VR) is simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world. VR is used in education, entertaining and bussiness. VR emerged in 20th century, but 21th has been the milestone for the development of it.

    As for the Augmented Reality, it is actually a improved version of Virtualy reality in that Augmented Reality builds its power more on an interactive experience of real-world environment by refering to sensory modalities like visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory. Thefore, AR is a sophisticated extension of VR.

Now, let us get deep into the use of VR and AR in the field education.

Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Education

    When we have got into the 21 century with all the technological developments, it has become indispensible to integrate these developments into teaching and learning processes. As we call new generation "digital native", they use technological tools smartly to get information, in addition to interactivity and entertainment. School have already begun implement many technological tools like tablets, smartphones, smart whiteboards, computers and most importantly the Internet. However, the development of the technology is a perpetual journey; so, new tools are getting into the scene every day. Virtual and Augmented Reality are what I am mentioning so far. Making students live the experience of learning, these technologies will seemingly increase the quality of learning process of students. They can create immersive and blended environments in which students can interact with objects and systems. With virtual reality, students can assemble, disassemble, manipulate, and moidfy objects and environments in ways that have never previously been possible. These will create and world-wide classroom environment that are actually very small to experience real use of the subject content. 



What are the Benefits of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality?

    VR and AR offer a lot of benefits in education. Experiencing lifelike process of learning clearly increases the quality. Also, as we have talked about above, the so-called digital natives crave for motivation in their education life and these technologies are what they seek. Here are overall benefits of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality:
  • Better students engagement
  • Better understanding of advanced concepts
  • Aid learning by doing
  • Emotional reactions
  • Improving creativity
  • Personalizing education
  • Creating a learning community

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