...you step into a 16-by-16-square-foot space with a moving floor and blowing wind.
You’re working in a virtual laboratory with a plethora of fictional animal species that function based on biological laws. You can explore, discover, observe and experience numerous hands-on problem-solving tasks that you can’t dream of or do within a traditional classroom.
This isn’t a game; it’s ASU’s new virtual reality immersive biology curriculum called Dreamscape Learn, made possible through a partnership with Dreamscape Immersive. Based on the work of curriculum experts at ASU, students in the university and beyond will benefit from the new world order of education: VR immersive learning.
"Technology has caught up with what people used to think about, and we can now build an emotionally driven learning experience to teach really complicated subjects.”
— Michael M. Crow, ASU president
Creating authentic and delightful learning experiences
Except for the last few hundred years, almost everyone learned by doing, experiencing the world around them.
“This notion of immersive learning, emotional learning has been beaten out of the system, and now VR is the tool to reintroduce learning by doing into education,” said ASU President Michael M. Crow.
“At 3,000 learners, VR training became 52% more cost-effective than classroom training, and it achieved cost parity with online courses at 1,950 learners,” Likens said.
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