New Dimensions Institutes are adopting virtual reality so that now history students can strap on headsets and time travel to ancient cities. The faculty at Jyothy institute of technology in Bengluru address the shrinking attention spans of their students, they decided to try and do it through a virtual reality(VR) module.
They tied up with a tech start up. and ran a one month pilot programme for the first year students.VR is most widely. used in the fields of gaming and entertainment, but is making inroads in education. It enables institutions to bypass physical limitations of time , cost , accessibility and safety to perform tasks and offer experience in a virtual environment.
So engineering students can strap on a headset and be transported to a steel plant or an oil rig history students can travel back in time and walk through ancient cities , a biology student can go on a voyage through the human body and even into a cell and a virtual trek up a mountain can teach management students about people management and team work .
The use of VR will modify the rule of the teacher. The VR system is highly suggestive and self assessing. A student building a machine within the system for instance, will get real time feedback and will be promoted when they get stuck. Another big factor of course is cost. Setting up a continuously running. VR system requires a bulky intial investment. You need about 2000sq ft of space just for the set-up, expensive tech infrastructure, and a dedicated manager.
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