LRNT 526 | Assignment 1.P1 | Individualized Learning Plan

As part of team three, I, Michael MacKay, spearheaded the group’s exploration of virtual reality (VR) as our learning technology. The group had little to no experience using the technology. As such, I wanted to create an event that expressed the capabilities of...

LRNT 526 | Activity 3 | Individual Post

As part of team three, we are working towards a better understanding of virtual reality (VR) and the affordances it brings to education. Specifically, I want to explore the pedagogical implications of virtual reality and help remove the cyclical nature of technology...

LRNT 526 | Activity 2 | Group Post

Our group decided to explore virtual reality (VR) as our educational technology. The first issue we ran into was the ambiguity of the medium in education; this is undoubtedly brought on by the trend that plagues new technologies. As Weller points out, new technologies...

Implementing Virtual Reality

There is no other technology like virtual reality (VR); it allows a person to experience artificial constructs to such a degree that it envelops their senses and makes them feel as though they are there (Southgate, 2020, p. 121). It is these strengths that Prairie...

LRNT 525 | Final Reflection

As per a post on Christopher Rowe’s blog, I will not be writing in academic prose because I want this to be more of a discussion than a statement. Well, it seems another course is down, and the more I think about this, the more I feel I have had some dramatic...