Órla Murphy - Enhancing Teaching and Learning Using Virtual and Immersive Technologies Seminar
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Date: 2022-02-18

Presentation from Órla Murphy (University College Cork) for UCC Library's Enhancing Teaching and Learning Using Virtual and Immersive Technologies Seminar. 

Presentation Title
Then and Now: Challenges and Potential of VR in Education

Presentation Abstract 
In 2022, beginning to learn Virtual Reality Modelling Language VRML the potential for Virtual Reality modelling in research and teaching was not immediately apparent within academic cultures for either pedagogy or research. VR existed in pockets; computer science, engineering, digital art. Those academic cultures still reward the primacy of print and justifiably valorise the personal and physical in terms of the learning experience and the building of expertise.  In 2022, this remains the case. VR, AR and XR are more accessible technologies today - Moore's Law has meant increased processing power, coupled with the diminished cost of storage. The potential for accessible, immersive learning, and for personalised learning journey mapping suggests that the gains of VR make the perceived challenges worthwhile.

The seminar programme can be found at https://sway.office.com/9usGW0DvJV37Xjz5?ref=Link. 

For more information on the seminar, please visit https://www.teachingandlearning.ie/event/enhancing-teaching-and-learning-using-virtual-and-immersive-technologies. 

This seminar has been funded by the National Forum for the
Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Ireland.

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