by Rob Bristow

1. AR/VRTools for Education – Useful tools or pointless toys?
Rob Bristow– Senior Co-design manager
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2. Reality–virtuality continuum
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3. Four levels ofVR – some questions
» Immersion
› Does immersion support knowledge gained and retention of the events portrayed?
» Spatiality
› Does a 1st person experience increase the feeling of “being there”, and does it generate
empathy for the situation and later recall of the material
» Embodiment
› What does the feeling of embodiment offer?What kind of insight can be gained from
standing in another’s shoes?
» Affect
› Do Audience members findVR experiences more engaging than 2D ones?What kind of
emotions get generated?
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4. Some early adopters
»Optometry
› simulating different eye conditions
› Students and carers of visually impaired get to
experience what particular eye conditions really mean
»Care of the elderly
› Experience what it means to be an older person
»Mental health
› Experience the reality of being sectioned under the
mental health Act
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5. Geology – University of Manchester
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6. Imagining a library without books
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Bodleian Library - Innova Design Solutions

7. Preston College
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8. Preston College
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9. Leeds College of Music
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10. University of Cambridge/ Birkbeck - Archaeology
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11. Gartner Hype Cycle 2017
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12. Teaching and Learning resources
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13. Storytelling/ Narrative
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14. AR/VRToolkit – outline (probable)
» What is it?
› Definitions, scope, etc.
» What can it do?
› Teaching and learning
› Research applications
» Getting started
› Kit
› Software
› Approaches
» Training (from Jisc)
» Apps
» Consultancy
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15. Over to you
»Will the toolkit be useful?
»What use are you making of these tools?
»What do you plan or want to do with them?
»What do you see as the best reasons for exploring the use
of these tools?
»What are the main pitfalls or concerns about investing in
these approaches?
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16. jisc.ac.uk
Find out more
Contact
Rob Bristow
Senior Co-design manager
rob.bristow@jisc.ac.uk
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https://innovativetechnology.jiscinvolve.org/wp
@Jisc_AR