Instructors

“This is going to be something that’s going to impact learning, it’s going to enhance communication, and your students are going to absolutely love it.”

“We think there’s a second component that will be true of all educational institutions that are interfacing with their students online where you get a much deeper relationship that comes into place with the synchronous interaction.”

"In history, the students have told me that they have a firmer grasp of historical concepts that were once abstract in the series of lectures, but now those historical events, persons, and places are a reality in the VR space. For example, we can stand on the Great Wall of China and see its physical wonder, up close and in-virtual person, and we can understand the ultimate purpose of this wall in defending against an invasion."

“A lot of my students came away from this saying, ‘Wow, if I had this my first year, I would have been a better chemist, I would have been a little bit stronger as a student.”

“The feedback we got from our students was they had a much deeper relationship with the other students, … a much deeper relationship with the faculty member, felt much more connected to the educational process.”

"Greater connection with online students. I've taught online for over five years, and this was the first time it felt like I got to know [students] as I would in a live classroom. I also liked that my students could learn by "Doing." For example, they were able to create activities in VR that they'd give to their future students and present these lessons to the class."

"I personally always learn better from hands-on experience... So I think immersing yourself and being surround by experiences definitely makes learning better."

“We saw attendance rates go up, we saw engagement increase, we saw achievement increase. Students wanted to be part of it. They wanted to learn more, not just because it was an emerging technology but because the subject matter was easy for them to digest and understand.”