Learning benefits
Immersive
Compared to traditional media, 360° media are completely immersive. There are no distractions. The view completely surrounds you, and you can look up and down, left and right.
Engaging
The power of 360° media is to engage students with other places, cultures and issues. What is it like to be in the Arctic or swim along a coral reef? It is an excellent way of creating empathy with issues such as the refugee crisis.
Active
Unlike watching a standard video or slideshow, 360° media require learners to be active. There is a need to explore, to look around.
Visual
Currently, most 360° media are visual stimulus material, allowing for differentiated learning outcomes. Using a photo of an Arctic glacier, younger students may be asked to describe how they would feel, older students may be asked to identify physical features or extended to describe how they might study such an environment.
Transformative
Last but not least, there is the ‘wow’ factor. For many students, the first experience of virtual reality may be in your classroom. This is an easy way for teachers to keep pace with the speed of digital experience available to young people.
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