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The Future of Education


The Future of Education

Graphic taken from: https://commons.bcit.ca/news/2016/10/microsoft-hololens-the-future-of-education-has-arrived-at-bcit/
As we all know the VR headsets and AR tools are not only used for entertainment and games, but can be a really big power tool to help prepare students in advancing further education as well as preparing them for the career of their interest.  They can be used in primary and secondary schools as well as collages and universities. Preparing this future technology for students would be helpful to those who choose a career in the medical field, they would be able to virtually see and go inside and study the full anatomy of the human body, by getting  a full understanding of how each organ functions. They can use the technology to stimulate any real life medical situation to practice procedures on. (Mercer, 2018.)

Apart from medicine, this type of technology can be used in courses such as Architecture, students would be able to see their work through the use of a tablet, to see if their designs would work or not, if any changes need to be made, instead of having to build it and during the process find out any mishaps or complications. Introducing these technologies will give students the opportunity to gain full potential in the education they receive, practical experiences before even entering the field and ensuring that when they do enter their career, they will already be fully equipped with the knowledge on how to conduct and follow through with certain tasks/ surgeries because of the Virtual experiences they have gained using these technologies.

On the other hand, Augmented Reality would be used to make lessons more interactive with students, instead of having them get bored over reading a whole chapter on how the blood is pumped around the whole body, throw in a tablet and have them hold it over a picture of a heart, with the technology of Augmented Reality, they would be able to see the heart move and show exactly (in great detail) how the blood is pumped from the heart and then distributed around the whole body. (Mercer, 2018.) 

By 2030, we hope to have both VR and AR technologies in the classrooms and universities available to students to use, to provide them with the best of education both in quality as well as providing them with experiences and getting them well prepared to step right into their careers. Below is a Video link showing how VR would be brought into Medical schools using “high definition holograms to revolutionize the way we teach, learn and collaborate.” (Kelly, 2016)

Video Link Reference;
Kelly, S. [October 2016]. Microsoft Hololens-The Future of Education has arrived at BCIT. Retrieved from
https://commons.bcit.ca/news/2016/10/microsoft-hololens-the-future-of-education-has- arrived-at-bcit/   
      
Reference; blog post 3:
 Mercer, C. [March 2018]. How VR and AR could be used in Education. Retrieved from
https://www.computerworlduk.com/careers/how-vr-ar-could-be-used-in-education-3653710/

Kelly,S.  [October 2016]. Microsoft Hololens-The Future of Education has arrived at BCIT. Retrieved from
https://commons.bcit.ca/news/2016/10/microsoft-hololens-the-future-of-education-has- arrived-at-bcit/  





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