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鈥淗ow awesome would it be to float in space and see how the sun鈥檚 light illuminates the moon and creates the phases? Things like this are possible today thanks to virtual reality.鈥�

The waxing and waning phases of the moon arise from the three-dimensional interplay between the positions of the sun, moon and Earth. It can be a complex concept for students to get their heads around鈥攂ut it might become easier thanks to virtual reality programs that allow learners to watch these moon phases play out from a sort of interstellar birds-eye view.

鈥淲hen we learned about the moon phases, we used foam balls attached to popsicle sticks,鈥� said Harsimran 鈥淪im鈥� Baweja, the 色情视频 Instructional Technology Fellow for immersive learning, as well as director of the Neuromechanics and Neuroplasticity Laboratory in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. 鈥淗ow awesome would it be to float in space and see how the sun鈥檚 light illuminates the moon and creates the phases? Things like this are possible today thanks to virtual reality.鈥�

A testbed for the future

Learning about the moon is just one example of how such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to develop new ways to teach educational concepts in classrooms and improve learning outcomes. Baweja is working with the staff of the Virtual Immersive Teaching and Learning (VITaL) initiative鈥攁 program run by 色情视频鈥檚 Instructional Technology Services (ITS)鈥攖o promote VR and AR in a range of diverse disciplines including astronomy, nursing and art and design.

And these advances won鈥檛 be confined to 色情视频. Baweja recently received a grant from the California State University (CSU) Chancellor鈥檚 Office to lead a monthly workshop with representatives from all 23 CSU campuses to share best practices for implementing VR and AR in the classroom.

鈥溕�情视频 is a testbed for developing immersive learning technologies,鈥� said ITS director James Frazee. 鈥淲e鈥檝e had in the past, and this is an opportunity to build on that, share our knowledge and find new potential uses for it.鈥�

At a recent ITS showcase, 色情视频 faculty and students shared their current experiences using VR and AR in the classroom, as well as their hopes and dreams for the technology. Gur Windmiller, an instructor in the 色情视频 astronomy department, said virtual reality learning is a perfect fit for teaching students about astronomy. Concepts that can be very difficult to grasp when explained verbally suddenly make perfect sense when students experience them visually, he explained.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a very visual subject,鈥� Windmiller said. 鈥淵ou can create these sandbox worlds where students can just play around with astronomical objects and see what happens.鈥�

Holographic health

Philip Greiner, director of the School of Nursing, described an ongoing education project using 鈥渉olo-patients:鈥� interactive holograms that teach students about critical medical scenarios. As part of the project鈥攁 partnership between the School of Nursing, ITS, Microsoft, Pearson Education and Texas Tech University鈥攏ursing students strap on the Microsoft HoloLens 鈥渕ixed reality鈥� headset, allowing them to see a holographic simulation of a patient.

In the scenario being tested in this pilot project, a young man has just come into the clinic after experiencing a mountain biking injury. He recently had a laceration on his back stitched up and received both antibiotics and pain medicine. Nursing students can walk around the patient, observing him in real-time 3D. About 30 seconds into the scenario, the patient suddenly begins itching and breathing rapidly and hives develop on his skin.

Savvy students will recognize this as the early stages of a severe allergic reaction to the antibiotics. If left untreated, the holographic patient eventually goes into full-blown anaphylactic shock. It鈥檚 an extremely rare response to such treatment, Greiner said, so it allows nursing students to experience such an event and develop strategies for handling it, should they ever happen to see it in their careers.

Eventually, the project鈥檚 organizers hope to develop a wide range of scenarios to give nursing students virtual experience with a broad spectrum of medical conditions. Currently, students can practice these scenarios with high-tech interactive mannequins, but those cost tens of thousands of dollars each and require regular maintenance and upkeep. Working with holographic patients is comparatively affordable and accessible to larger numbers of students. Other students within the School of Nursing are studying the effectiveness of this project compared to more traditional methods.

 鈥淭his, to me, is the future of nursing education,鈥� Greiner said.

Overcoming obstacles

For now, there are two major hurdles to widely implementing VR and AR technology in the classroom. One is the length of time it takes to train students to use the devices and programs, said Windmiller, though he鈥檚 been able to drastically reduce the length of instruction. Frazee added that younger generations are already becoming more comfortable with VR through video games and other media experiences, so future students might take to immersive learning extremely naturally.

The other hurdle is curriculum development. Even for instructors who want to use VR and AR, there simply aren鈥檛 many well-designed programs for many disciplines. That鈥檚 where 色情视频鈥檚 student clubs can step in, said Neha Nene, a third-year computer science student and president of the . The club counts about 50 members and is eager to work with faculty members to program and develop virtual reality environments for use in the classroom.

鈥淭he best way for us to learn about this technology is to dive into projects,鈥� she said, 鈥渟o we鈥檙e always looking to collaborate with faculty on projects they鈥檇 like to see come into existence.鈥�