An Overview of the Benefits and Drawbacks of VR in Education

This presentation offers an overview of the use of virtual reality (VR) in education, highlighting its increasing popularity as an innovative educational tool. VR provides interactive computer experiences that can make learning more engaging and break the monotony of traditional educational systems. The presentation outlines the benefits of VR, such as improving student attention and facilitating better learning outcomes. However, it also addresses potential disadvantages, including the risk of distracting students from the core educational content and the potential for misuse of the technology. The presentation concludes that VR has the potential to significantly improve education by engaging students in learning activities more effectively.

USE OF VIRTUAL
REALITY IN
EDUCATION
An overview

VIRTUAL REALITY AND
EDUCATION
 One of the most
important innovations of
the recent times
 Takes the help of
interactive computer
experience (Freina and
Ott 2015).
 Recently the use of
innovation for educating
the students gained
popularity

BENEFITS OF VIRTUAL
REALITY
 It would make the
process of education
much more interesting
for the students (Bower
et al. 2014).
 Would help to break the
monotony of the
educational system.

BENEFITS OF VIRTUAL
REALITY (CONT……)
 Would help in
retaining the attention
of the students during
the lessons (Häfner,
Häfner and
Ovtcharova 2013).
 Would help the
students to learn new
things in a much
better manner.

DISADVANTAGES
 Likely to remove the
focus from the things that
are being taught to them
to the mere use of this
technology (Blum et al.
2012).
 Would lead to the misuse
of the system

CONCLUSION
 The use of it is likely
to improve the
education provided to
the students
 Would help to engage
the students in the
various learning
activities in a better
manner

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