Volume 6 (2020)

Educational Implications of Immersive Technologies. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality for School Education

Yash Paul Sharma*

Central Institute of Educational Technology, NCERT, New Delhi

Abstract

ICT changing society dynamically. ICT tools influencing lives. Its influence also felt more and more at educational institutions. Because ICT provides both students and teachers with more opportunities in adapting learning, teaching, and managing the individual needs, society is forcing schools to respond to this innovation aptly. Using ICT in education has become one of the most effective factors in school improvement. In today’s scenario, the ability to connect reality and digital content has been steadily improving, opening more options for teachers and students and we may find some excellent examples of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and Mixed reality (MR/XR) in education also.