Friday, April 26, 2024
Immersive simulation boosts learning for 5,000 students
www.avinteractive.com: The UCL University College, in the Danish city of Odense, aims to provide the most realistic and immersive training possible for students.
To achieve this goal, the institution recently installed an innovative AV simulation system powered by BrightSign technology.
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This is an extremely interesting piece of technology. However, the two applications listed both don’t make a lot of sense to me, or using it to train at all to be honest. First, in nursing situations, this absolutely cannot replace actually being in a hospital (not to mention being able to touch your patients, etc.) no matter how good the ambient noise in the room is. For drama students, in some senses I understand how it could replicate shooting in exotic locations in a manner similar to the volume, however if you wanted actual experience shooting on location, which I think is usually the goal, is pointless. Shooting on location is useful because you also experience equipment setup and adjustment, the way lighting is different, new constraints, etc. With this, all you get is a pretty (LED) view. It’s very interesting, but for it’s own purpose, not to be used in any other manner.
While I admit that I always learn better with my hands actually doing a thing, and I agree that immersive experiences are the best way to learn something, I don’t know if I fully understand this immersive space. The article discusses the many possibilities for (Theatre) artists, which I love and appreciate, and think is very exciting for drama students. However, the article makes it sound like it has purposes for many departments, not just drama, and yet I find myself still a little confused as to what those purposes are. Perhaps training to be in loud spaces? Or to work in low light? I feel as though this article was too short to truly. Understand the full potential of this room. But that aside, it is impressive how far we are coming in society when it comes to immersive experiences. I’m very excited to see what comes of this.
This is a really interesting device. I can see how it could be helpful in a learning environment and honestly, I would love to just play around with it sometime because it just seems really cool. It does remind me of this research project a teacher I knew was doing. She was working on innovative ways to prepare teachers to deal properly with all kinds of students. Good students, know it all's, disruptive students, quiet students, the works. She ended up making a VR classroom world for her teachers to be in, and in that world the teachers would try out lectures and respond live to the students and interact just as they were in a real classroom. I think that the AV Brightsign simulation system may be on to something outside of just drama and nursing students. I think this could be the start of a whole new way of learning for everyone.
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