Through the Looking Glass: Virtual and Augmented Reality
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Technology changes faster than we can keep up. It seems that every week a new, must-have tool is released which promises to fix all of education’s shortcomings. Augmented and virtual reality are two technologies that have recently received a lot of attention. While they are not new, with the release of Pokémon Go they seem to have finally hit the mainstream media and captivated millions of people. So the question is, “How can we, as educators, use them in our classrooms?”
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| Facilitator: , Director, Academic Innovations and eLearning, University of Alaska Anchorage |
Description
Technology changes faster than we can keep up. It seems that every week a new, must-have tool is released which promises to fix all of education’s shortcomings. Augmented and virtual reality are two technologies that have recently received a lot of attention. While they are not new, with the release of Pokémon Go they seem to have finally hit the mainstream media and captivated millions of people. So the question is, “How can we, as educators, use them in our classrooms?”
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