Is teaching and learning with augmented and virtual reality even possible? Opportunities and challenges for visualization, instruction and interaction in university teaching

In the first part of the short face-to-face workshop, you will be introduced to good practices in which augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) have been designed and used in university teaching. The second part offers you the opportunity to try out these technologies and explore how you can integrate them into your own teaching in a didactically meaningful way.

Begin 28. September 2023 - 14:00 Uhr
End 28. September 2023 - 17:15 Uhr

The didactic opportunities and possibilities of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) lie primarily in visualization (interactive 3D representation), instruction (interactive and location-independent) and interaction (virtual control panels, hand and finger gestures, voice commands). In this short workshop, we would like to show you the possibilities and opportunities they offer and give you time to gain practical experience with them.

Learning objectives

After completing the short online workshop, participants will be able to

  •  name good practice augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) for teaching and

  •  outline the opportunities and challenges of using these educational technologies.

Course leader: Daniel Winkler

Daniel Winkler is a lecturer in university didactics at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. His work focuses on the fundamentals of university didactics, engineering pedagogy, laboratory didactics and the use of simulation games and educational technology in university teaching. He studied at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor of Engineering) and at the International University Institute Zittau of the Dresden University of Technology (Master of Arts). In his doctoral project at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Technical University of Dresden, he is working intensively on the design of teaching/learning scenarios for the use of augmented reality. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Ingenieurpädagogische Wissenschaftsgesellschaft and the Ingenieure ohne Grenzen association.

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Daniel Winkler
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