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How many of us can remember finding it hard to concentrate during a lecture because of what went on in our heads was far more captivating than what was going on in reality? I see an impressive number of the show of hands.
This is a dilemma that decades-old schooling system has followed. Technology has brought some change but the major mode of instruction has been the same. A great conflict of interest is out there since the kids today are over-familiar with gadgets outside of classrooms and within, they are bound by a framework that has no relevance for them in real life.
But remarkable as it may seem, a dream come true even, that conflict is going to become a thing of the past. With the use of immersive technologies like Virtual Reality, students will be able to put to use everything stored inside their heads coupled with the indulgence of using powerful creative tools within a computer-generated virtual world. To say that the future of education is about to change forever is true in every sense of the word. Actually, the whole concept of teaching and learning will take on a new meaning. Let us look at some of the trends that the schooling system is duty-bound to take on.
Highly Creative Learning Environments
Virtual Reality allows for such innovative, ingenious and resourceful environments that traditional classrooms do not even come close to. As engaging as these environments are, they enable for a mode of learning that was never possible before which is interest based, action-driven as opposed to loads of force-fed information. The scope of VR is huge in the way that now students will be able to learn about a discipline at their own pace, using their own technique and excelling at what they are interested in.
As VR technology is evolving all the time, the choice to be creative and innovative with the virtual environment will only further develop over time, never becoming boring or irrelevant for the students. Since the virtual world is safe and does not pose any danger, experimentation becomes easy even with the most complicated and challenging branches of study such as engineering, building construction, medicine, chemistry etc.
Nurturing Grounds for Multi-Potentiality
VR may indeed be the answer for multi-potentialities. Although most of us have a strong talent for more than one fields because of the restrictive educational structure, we sometimes have to choose one talent over the other. But virtual reality presents the opportunity for students to simultaneously excel in and master more than one fields of their choice. This is due in part to the fact that the technology is increasingly becoming cost-effective. Add to that easy portability and the possibilities become endless.
Time-travel – the New “History”
The term “History” may become obsolete, as the charm of the term “time-travel” takes over. But VR presents a great way of learning about history – this field was never more mesmerizing and awe-inducing as it is with this immersive technology. Being able to “experience” a lesson and get to know what a historical event “felt like” in reality is a far cry from trying to find the curiosity in the pages of solemn-looking volumes of history books or in a monotonous monologue where the interest was hard to provoke.
Educational Degrees – True Authentication
The beauty of virtual reality is that it calls for a thorough restructuring of an educational system which will reverberate into a meaningful framework for schooling. This also signifies a great value for the distinctive skill assessment system that is based on real-time and solid performance. Naturally, in it lies a true testament to real knowledge, ability, and expertise for a degree-holder rather than a certification for a certain number of years at an institute.
Converging Global Interactions
In a virtual environment, students can remotely interact with other students in virtually any part of the world, learning and discovering together. This will shrink the world further for students, being able to evolve together in a world where ideas and designs can be free, communicated, applied and experimented with – in its wake fostering the added benefit of positive and progressive international relations in the long run.
The more deeply we look into Virtual Reality as a mode of education, the more we find it making an eloquent impact on the way learning can happen. In all certainty, the future of education inevitably belongs to the immersive technologies as the way forward.
