{"id":8475,"date":"2018-08-23T15:22:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T13:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newinsights.oeb.global\/?p=8475"},"modified":"2022-01-20T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:53:45","slug":"the-360-vr-learning-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/the-360-vr-learning-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The 360 VR Learning Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In education, offline or online, there often exists a large gap between theory and practice, and between rational knowledge and affective experiences. Students can learn from books, lectures and online content, but how do they best translate their knowledge to a practical situation? How does the medicine student learn how to operate, the chemistry student to perform experiments safely, and the archaeology student to treat an excavation with caution and care?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At the Centre for Innovation, part of Leiden University, we\u2019re constantly striving to find ways to close this gap. We believe that virtual reality (VR) can play a particularly important role in tackling this challenge. In the last 2 years, we\u2019ve been exploring the possibilities of VR for academic education. This has resulted in twelve VR learning experiences so far. Six of these are part of our university-wide pilot programme, which have been co-developed with several faculties. In a separate programme, three VR learning experiences have been developed for the Leiden University Medical Center, to prepare students for their internal medicine internship. In the academic year 2018-2019, these VR learning experiences will serve a combined total of 1,500-2,000 students as part of their core curriculum.<\/p>\n

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During the past years we have learned a lot about both the techniques and the didactics of VR. Coming from an online learning, MOOC- and SPOC-based background, we\u2019ve had to re-think our learning experience design practices. We\u2019ve developed novel approaches for the design, pedagogy and technology of our VR learning experiences. Next to that, we\u2019ve had to tackle all sorts of practical issues. Here are some of the key questions we ran into:<\/p>\n