Immersive Learning: A Practical Guide to Virtual Reality's Superpowers in Education

by Craig Frehlich

Overview

Most people want to reach their maximum potential; and the use of tools are no different. Some say power is influence. If this is true, then virtual reality has “superpowers” because of its ability to make the unreal viscerally real, engaging and immersive. Thanks to these powers VR can influence and affect education in ways that no technology tool has in the past. This book will help people understand the power and true potential of virtual reality (or VR). The prime directive of this book is to provide educators with a way of thinking about how to use virtual reality in education in order to reveal its true superpowers. And, to arm educators with several hands-on lessons to get them started on implementing VR as a tool to enhance learning outcomes. Ultimately, the book aims to have educators clearly understand VR’s role in transforming education, thus reaching its maximum potential.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475857948
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/16/2020
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 8.72(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Craig Frehlich has been working in education for over 25 years and has his Masters Degree in Education with a focus on curriculum design. He is also an educational consultant and speaker on the topics of inquiry, design thinking, and the use of technology in education. Craig is currently an academic advisor for Springboard VR. His main focus is to use contextual and conceptual thinking to translate VR experiences into lesson guides that help map successfully introspective journeys in virtual reality.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1- VR and Conceptual Understanding

Chapter 2—-The Importance of VR Lesson Guides

Chapter 3-Cooperative Learning and VR

Chapter 4-Social VR and Education

Chapter 5- VR and Art Education

Chapter 6- VR and Puzzle Games

Chapter 7- VR and The S.T.E.M. Curriculum

Chapter 8- VR and Story-telling

Chapter 9- VR for Health and Wellness

Chapter 10- VR and Social Studies

Conclusion

About the Author

Appendix A

VR Lesson Guides for Cooperative Learning and Communication

Lesson Guide: Cooperation and Working as a Team

Lesson Guide: Effective Decision-Making Under Pressure

Lesson Guide: Effective Two-Way Communication

Appendix B

VR Lesson Guides For Art Education

Lesson Guide: VR as a Tool to Preserve Culture

Lesson Guide: Interrogating Scale, Space and Place

Lesson Guide: Can VR Archive History?

Appendix C

VR Lesson Guides for Problem Solving and Puzzles

Lesson Guide: The Key to Problem Solving

Lesson Guide: Elastic Thinking Improves Problem-Solving

Lesson Guide: Form and Function in Virtual Reality

Appendix D

VR Lesson Guides for STEM Education

Lesson Guide: Simple Machines Make Our Lives Easier

Lesson Guide: Heart Physiology and Gender

Lesson Guide: Using VR to Connect with Nature

Lesson Guide: How Can We Stop Pollution?

Lesson Guide: Who is the Smartest?

Lesson Guide: VR as a Tool for Embodiment

Lesson Guide: Is Diet Related to Survival?

Lesson Guide: Controlling the Flow of Energy

Lesson Guide: Adapting to The Changing Environment

Lesson Guide: Catapults and Levers

Lesson Guide: Using VR to Understand the Scale of the Universe

Lesson Guide: Adapting for Life on Land

Appendix E

VR Lesson Guides for Story-telling and Narrative Education

Lesson Guide: The Efficacy of VR Legends

Lesson Guide: VR as a Medium for Storytelling

Lesson Guide: Can VR enhance our Understanding of Characters in a Narrative?

Lesson Guide: The Interrogation of VR Story-telling

Lesson Guide: The Domino Effect of Story-telling

Lesson Guide: A Journey Through Bipolar Disorder

Lesson Guide: Exploring Our Changing Identity

Appendix F

VR Lesson Guides for Health, Physical Education and Wellness

Lesson Guide: VR as an Exercise Machine

Lesson Guide: Can VR Enhance Our Baseball Hitting Skills?

Lesson Guide: Can VR Help Refine Our Athletic Skills?

Lesson Guide: Can VR Help Refine our Athletic Skills?

Lesson Guide: VR as a Tool for Safe Anonymous Introspection

Lesson Guide: Can VR Help Refine our Athletic Skills?

Lesson Guide: VR as a Tool for Mindfulness and Meditation

Lesson Guide: Can VR Help Refine our Athletic Skills?

Appendix G

VR Lesson Guides for Social Studies Education

Lesson Guide: The Future of Transportation

Lesson Guide: A Miner’s Life

Lesson Guide: VR as an Empathy Machine

Lesson Guide: Firefighter Safety Training in VR

Lesson Guide: VR as a Tool for Skill Development

Lesson Guide: VR and Eco-tourism

Lesson Guide: Conflict Resolution Tactics

Editorial Reviews

Craig Frehlich has written the road map to transformative teaching and learning using immersive learning! Read this book if you are a teacher—and assign this book in every School of Education—because virtual reality is the future and Craig shows us where we are going and the best way to get there!

Angelina Dayton

There are few people in the world who know more about VR in education than Craig Frehlich.

Craig Frehlich has written the road map to transformative teaching and learning using immersive learning! Read this book if you are a teacher--and assign this book in every School of Education--because virtual reality is the future and Craig shows us where we are going and the best way to get there!

From the Publisher

There are few people in the world who know more about VR in education than Craig Frehlich.

William Stackable