How Immersive Technology Changing Education and Learning Methods?

Do you know learners forget 70% of content in just 24 hours and almost 90% disappear from the minds within a month! However, the stats can change with immersive learning methods. What if you get a method to increase the knowledge retention of students by 75%? It’s happening with Mixed Reality solutions now.

Extended Reality solutions have rapidly changing the education patterns and delivery methods. The virtual reality in education market is expected to grow from USD 656.6 million in 2018 to USD 13,098.2 million by 2026.From North America to UK, Australia, Canada, UAE, Korea, India and more countries are adopting the new way of learning and education.

Impact of Immersive Learning                                        

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have been around us for quite a long time now. You have enjoyed the charismatic impact of immersive technologies in many of the sci-fi movies. The scenes might be due to the proficient computer generated graphics but they leave a lasting impression on minds.

A recent survey in UAE states that 69% of parents believe that AI and VR will have the biggest impact on the future of the children. 54% parents think the education future is in Metaverse.That’s the kind of learning you might want in regards to the course books or concept understanding. Go a bit higher and you need it for research and analysis. So, what’s the problem?

Get it in the way you want now with the advancements of immersive technology. It’s a fantastic tool to educate, motivate and increase classroom interaction for students of all ages and abilities. A customized extended reality solution for each level, all topics, themes, subjects, concepts and more. Just as learning, creating an immersive environment also has infinite possibilities.

It’s been found that introducing stories, characters and contexts immediately connects the learners with the concept. Students can experience, explore and expand the learning using the immersive tools such as Microsoft HoloLens 2 and more.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to create a virtual learning environment that has the power to immerse learners and deliver accurate content has increased many folds. From schools and universities to training institutes and even government bodies are adopting the more advanced and futuristic approach.

Mixed Reality is smartly shaping the learning, training and knowledge retention in an all different sphere. It offers students a world beyond the normal. They have infinite possibilities to explore, experiment and understand without bothering about safety and failure. This ultimately gives them enough insight and confidence that’s required to take up future challenges. When learners encounter similar real-life situations, they know what to do and how to create a winning strategy.

Scope of Immersive Learning

Developed on the basics of behavioural and cognitive science, immersive learning engages all senses for highly interactive learning experience with increased retention. It can be used from elementary education to higher studies, vocational training, labs, special needs education, distance learning, educational tours, field trips and more.

Immersive Experience

Our Mixed Reality solutions help educators take a fresh look at the knowledge sharing process. By identifying the specific needs of individual students, we can create highly immersive environment with 3D views for a real-like feel. Such a process immediately enhances the engagement and amplifies the understanding mechanism.

Vocational Education

Custom designed solutions in Mixed Reality help learners explore beyond theory. This is vital for any vocational course. MR has proved to be highly beneficial in developing artistic skills as well as sensory reception that’s important to excel any skill. From learning piano to developing lifesaving skills like that of fire-fighters in Australia, UK, American and Netherlands, Mixed Reality has proved to be a great boon.

Exciting Time Travel and Virtual Field Trips

There is no better way to know the world then experiencing it. Thanks to Marvel Studios for their tremendous efforts in helping viewers understand the concepts of multiverse, time-travel, solar system and galaxies so easily. That’s exactly what learners can experience with mixed reality. A field trip is no more exhausting but can be enriched with experiences and memories.

Companies are already creating solutions that remove the typical barriers to field trips and coming up with highly visualized content that can take you back or forth in time. Thus, learners can span in history, science, arts, travel the world, and experience everything in 3D.

Special Needs Education

Extended Reality has made learning much easier for children with special needs. Companies are developing hardware and software solutions to address specific requirements. As the innovation continuous, MR will open new gateways for special need education.

Medical Education System

Highly interactive interface has changed the study pattern for medical students. From experiencing the environment to understanding human anatomy, exploring the underwater or learning the medicines is becoming more inclusive with custom MR solutions.

More to Add

It’s no doubt that Mixed Reality will keeping influencing the education and learning mechanism. The possibilities are immense and so does the solutions. A milestone achieved will set a new challenge and the innovation process remain continue. The immersive technology will going to touch and transform every sector of education, learning and knowledge expansion.

From elementary school to university level, in vocational, corporate or lifelong learning, excelling skills and more, MR has a potential to add value to every form of knowledge retention.

How Yeppar contributes?

We are the authorized Microsoft Mixed Reality partner offering extended reality solutions integrating Microsoft Hololens 2 and Dynamic 365 Remote Assistance services. We are already providing bespoke solutions to Government bodies, schools, colleges, universities, and other educational institutes. Benefits of Yepppar Mixed Reality Solutions

• Develop sensory adaptability
• Active learning experience
• Boosts creativity
• Expand knowledge gaining efficiency
• Improves understanding and interest
• Connecting with practical world
• Improve imagination power
• Helps understanding complex concepts
• Effective in skill development
• Gives lifelong learning

From MR labs to training platforms and more, we can bring your ideas to immersive reality. Contact us for more information or  Request a free demo