On the 4th July, please join us to\u00a0hear about and\u00a0experience virtual reality (VR) technology and discuss its possibilities for teaching.<\/p>\n
This event is presented jointly by Educational Innovation, ICT and the Library. A seminar will run from 12-1\u00a0pm\u00a0in the Exhibition Space in the SciTech Library (booking required) followed by a drop-in, hands-on workshop in the Library’s exciting new ThinkSpace directly above (no booking required). All are welcome – please pass on to interested colleagues including undergraduate and research students.<\/p>\n
The capability of virtual reality (VR) technology has accelerated recently with the cost of devices falling to enable most phones to be adapted for a few dollars. VR helps immerse students in experiences too expensive, too inaccessible or simply too dangerous than would normally be possible. For more information, watch the recent TED talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n Seminar date:<\/strong> 4\u00a0July 2016, 12-1 pm Workshop date:<\/strong> 4\u00a0July 2016, 1-2.30 pm On the 4th July, please join us to\u00a0hear about and\u00a0experience virtual reality (VR) technology and discuss its possibilities for teaching. This event is presented…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[65,66,69,70],"coauthors":[489],"class_list":["post-1770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","tag-educational-technologies","tag-elearning","tag-virtual-reality","tag-workshop","post-item","post-even"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1770"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1774,"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions\/1774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVenue<\/strong>: Exhibition Space, SciTech Library (next to the entrance to the library)<\/p>\n
\nVenue<\/strong>:\u00a0ThinkSpace, Level 2 JFR plaza (mezzanine area above the SciTech Library)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"