Can VR in Education Help Students Critically Think and Discover Unknown Passions?
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The Delusional Teaching Process Are Conventional Teaching Methods Outdated? The Verdict A Way Out: Virtual Reality in Education Conclusion
The Delusional Teaching Process As an instructor, you walk into the classroom with a simple goal to enlighten students on a specific subject matter. Like most other teachers, you begin your lecture with a structured learning sequence, a curriculum, and a topic that highlights the basics. Using descriptive terms, analogies, and stories, you work tirelessly to enhance the natural learning process in the most educative way possible. But just like in most other lectures, as you walk out the door, you still find students with a look of dissatisfaction saying ‘you have not done enough,’ and you wonder, maybe teaching is not my thing.
Are Conventional Teaching Methods Outdated? The natural learning process revolves around a tutor’s ability to match his/her student’s knowledge base with their level of intelligence. Your knowledge base is a measure of the amount of helpful information you draw from everyday interactions. In contrast, your ability to use this information to cater to your day-to-day needs determines intelligence. But surprisingly, most institutions comprise students caught up in the middle. Some students possess a formidable knowledge base but lack the intelligence to critically think and bridge perspective, while some highly intelligent students lack the knowledge base needed to ignite their passion. With that in mind, we believe it is time we go back to the basics of education, i.e., to the driving force behind teaching and the foundation on which the learning sequence was built upon. It's high time we talked about the many flaws and defects of the natural learning process by taking a step backward in preparation for a giant leap forward.
The Verdict Conventional teaching methods and verbal teaching processes as we know are not just outdated but also flawed. Their ability to transfer information accurately is questionable. Expecting students to build a formidable knowledge base from this learning style alone is quite outrageous. A Way Out: Virtual Reality in Education With the comprehensive coverage movies like ready player one and games like Pokémon Go garnered, you have a basic idea of what VR entails. Otherwise, have it at the back of your mind that VR is an XR tech capable of fully immersing its users in a digital environment. While VR remained under the radar until about a decade ago, experts knew that the tech would redefine the norms in multiple industries from the onset. Fast track to this day, virtual reality platforms are determining the dos and don’ts of multiple institutions and schools around the globe. From how teachers teach to how students learn, VR determines it all. In simple terms, virtual reality pioneers the tools instructors use in teaching and guide students towards a specific understanding scope. VR in education is bridging the gap between a predetermined knowledge base and each student's level of intelligence.
Conclusion If you wonder whether it is possible to obtain custom virtual learning solutions for your institution, worry no more. XR Guru is an immersive learning hub that helps institutions and individuals bring learning to life by making complex curriculums easy and fun. Integrating VR platforms for education into your institution will • Enable learners to interact with 3D models and animations in virtual and augmented environments, • Increase tutor’s ability to analyze information through critical thinking, and • Give students the push needed to walk unfamiliar grounds and discover unknown passions.
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