The great examples of virtual reality in education

I’ll give you three great examples of virtual reality in education:

1. English Class

Let say, today’s class is about creative writing, such as poems or short stories. We’ve learned all the technical things at school, but one thing we never learn is about how to get the inspiration, how to “feel” our story. Virtual reality will help us to get out of our seats at school without leaving our class. You can use Google Cardboard to show your students beautiful scenery, such as. When they take off the Google Cardboard, they’ll get a new experience, and a new experience leads to a new ideas.

So, there goes they’re writing their best. :)

This could be a great source if your students need some inspiration.

2. Science Class

YouTube is a charm. You can find a lot of 360 videos related to Science Class. You canenter a human’s body and learn how it’s going on, watch a total eclipse(remember when we use balls and flashlight to do this in our class?), floating in space and visiting planets.

3. History Class

Write “Pyramid 360” on YouTube, and you can finally visit Pyramid with Google Cardboard. Or, if you want to teach about the history of the States, you can simply write “Name+of+a+City 360” on YouTube. Though it doesn’t show the old version of the city, well, that’s the task of a teacher to explain something like,

“Could you please turn around? Do you see the bookstore? It was actually…. where a war began… 

Morever, Education is another area which has adopted virtual reality for teaching and learning situations. The advantage of this is that it enables large groups of students to interact with each other as well as within a three dimensional environment.

It is able to present complex data in an accessible way to students which is both fun and easy to learn. Plus these students can interact with the objects in that environment in order to discover more about them.

For example, astronomy students can learn about the solar system and how it works by physical engagement with the objects within. They can move planets, see around stars and track the progress of a comet. This also enables them to see how abstract concepts work in a three dimensional environment which makes them easier to understand and retain.

This is useful for students who have a particular learning style, e.g. creative or those who find it easier to learn using symbols, colors and textures.

One ideal learning scenario is medicine: virtual reality can be used to develop surgery simulations three dimensional images of the human body which the students can explore. This has been used in medical schools both in the UK and abroad.

The use of virtual reality in medicine is discussed in a series of separate articles in the virtual reality and healthcare section.