Virtual reality in education
Virtual reality is revolutionising many industries, and the education sector is no exception.
This fantastic technology offers an array of possibilities that can benefit students as well as schools, colleges and universities, providing new ways to learn through immersive experiences.
Benefits of VR in education
Improve information retention
Virtual reality can take students to entirely new worlds, and provide them with an immersive experience, a brilliant contrast to watching or listening passively. This type of immersion in a subject dramatically increases students’ retention of the subject. This is where every other type of traditional learning method is failing and that’s why VR can cater for every type of learner successfully.
Benefit from economies of scale
Using VR as learning material means you only need to update its content once and it will be published to all students automatically. Gone are the days of reprinting thousands of books, or the logistical nightmares of distribution. With virtual reality technology, you can easily adapt your content to changes whilst keeping your costs down, continually providing up-to-date material across entire institutions.
Easily access the unattainable
With the content being digitally created, anything is possible. You can take your students to dangerous places without any risk, view the infinitely small as well as the infinitely big, and present complex information anytime, anywhere.
What does VR mean for your organisation?
By offering a more enriched learning process, you can expect to see improvements in pass rates. In addition, the appeal for the technology and its many possibilities will increase the desirability of your establishment compared to others. Although it can be a sizeable investment for some organisations, the economies of scale it provides could save you money in the long run whilst providing high quality, up-to-date content to students.
Redefine education with virtual reality
From education to training
VR allows the user to immerse in experiences and perform actions, making it perfect for skills training. From engineering to medical school, you can create simulations that look and feel real, helping your students prepare for their future career without risking their lives or those of others.
Broaden horizons
Students can now visit any part of the world and at any point in history, or indeed, the future. You can explore Maya temples, visit volcanos or travel through space without leaving the university grounds or accommodation. Trips that would have been extremely expensive or even impossible to take are now within everyone’s reach.
Marketing your institution
VR can be used for virtual campus tours, allowing potential students to explore your institution from anywhere in the world – ideal for overseas students considering universities. Surrey University increased the number of international students listing them as their “first choice” over rival universities by 12% after using the VR app experience we developed for them.
Reaching every part of the globe
As the price of headsets is slowly dropping and the technology is becoming more accessible to the wider public, you could even send content to students across the globe, allowing them to receive outstanding education wherever they are, whenever they want to. Virtual reality opens the door to more flexibility and a broader reach, adapting your teaching methods to an ever-changing world.
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