VR in universities a welcome addition, but not yet plug-and-play
Danny Milisavljevic, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue University, has been using VR headsets to immerse his students in the study of supernovas. (Purdue University)
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The coronavirus pandemic prevented students, professors and administrators from conducting in-person classes and meetings, enhancing the popularity of virtual and augmented reality-based tools on and off campus over the past year.
Professors have used headsets for immersive lessons in nearly every discipline and to train faculty to recognize their unconscious bias when dealing with students from different backgrounds. But despite a growing community of advocates and use cases, professors told EdScoop they believe the technology’s unlikely to be more than a complementary teaching tool for the foreseeable future.