VR & AR – Is it essential for education?
Dave Kenworthy, Director of Digital Services at CoSector – University of London, suggests that while emerging technologies have their benefits, the sector should also be adopting other solutions that could have a stronger influence on improving the learning experience for all. Augmented and Virtual reality (AR/VR) has been receiving a lot of attention and there’s […]
Guest Blog: Luke Ritchie: Down the rabbit hole with virtual reality in education
By Luke Ritchie – Head of Interactive Arts, Nexus Studios Imagine being able to place students in a totally different world or transporting them back to any historical event with nothing more than a Virtual Reality (VR) headset. Inside that space, students could walk around or be teleported to different planets or significant events from […]
Canvas Network and Zappar bring augmented reality to the classroom…
A new ‘massive open online course’ (MOOC) which officially launched September 26 is set to showcase productive methods of how augmented reality (AR) technology can help bring learning to life. Developed in partnership between Canvas Network and the AR app, Zappar, the course was created in response to huge user demand for AR in the […]