VR in Education: What Worked

Concurrent Session 7

Brief Abstract

You have read so many amazing stories about using virtual reality (VR) in education. You might be thinking, wow, that’s so cool. I want to bring it to my campus/class. But where to start? This workshop will share examples, and discuss tips and best practices on these important questions.

Presenters

Lead Presenter: Yingjie Liu, San Jose State University

Dr. Yingjie Liu is the Lead instructional designer at San Jose State University in California. She has over ten years of experience in teaching and supporting faculty designing/redesigning quality online and blended courses. Focusing on the concept of 'Faculty as Instructional Designer, 'she always scaffolds the instructors through pedagogical course development and technology integration process so they can independently implement in their own courses. As a certified online and face-to-face Quality Matters facilitator, she enjoys teaching QM flagship workshops to help faculty and instructional designers grow beyond their current online teaching and learning expertise. She is passionate about educational research in online education and innovative technologies, and has led several national studies bridging the gap between faculty needs and course design support. She has also led many research projects and facilitated workshops on Virtual Reality and immersive learning at national conferences.

Tags

OLC Accelerate 2017 Innovations Tools and Technologies Augmented reality Digital storytelling Immersive environments Mobile learning Simulations Virtual reality

Extended Abstract

Virtual reality has been actively implemented into classroom as a new way to engage students. You have read so many amazing stories about using virtual reality (VR) in education. You might be thinking, wow, that’s so cool. I want to bring it to my campus/class. But where to start? This workshop will share examples, and discuss tips and best practices on these important questions: What’s the best way to introduce VR to my campus? How to effectively integrate it into my classroom? I teach online, can I use it? What VR tools are available for my subject?

This workshop will showcase successful models for integrating VR into campus/class and walk participants through each stage. We will present working examples and discuss strategies that virtual reality can be implemented into your own campus and/or classrooms. These will include project examples from different disciplines:

  • English Education

  • STEM Education

  • Science Education

  • Social Work

  • Nursing

  • Occupational Therapy

  • Business

  • History

Fun interactive component will be included to engage participants to experience the VR projects and understand the design process thoroughly. Participants will also have opportunities to work in groups to explore free VR apps and learn how you and your students can create VR experiences for your classroom. Participants will be asked to develop your own implementation plan to outline how you might integrate VR into your own campus/class.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to

  • Identify potential opportunities and challenges that virtual reality may bring to your campus/class

  • Adapt a model for integrating VR into campus and classrooms in use at SJSU

  • Identify meaningful VR tools and apps for education use

  • Develop an action plan to implement VR on your campus and classes

A resource website will be designed with information to scaffold participants to build their own VR implementation plan when they return to their institutions.