VR for eLearning
Analyzing an emerging technology for its safety, legality, and ethical use is essential to ensure that it is developed and used in a responsible and beneficial way. Here are a few reasons why:
Safety: Emerging technologies can pose potential risks to users, the environment, and society. By analyzing their safety, we can identify potential hazards and take measures to prevent accidents or harmful consequences. Safety considerations are also crucial in regulating the use of emerging technologies to protect people from harm.
Legality: Emerging technologies often raise legal and regulatory questions, including questions about intellectual property, data privacy, and cybersecurity. By analyzing the legal implications of a technology, we can identify potential legal challenges and ensure that it is developed and used within the bounds of the law.
Ethical use: Emerging technologies can have significant impacts on society, including impacts on social justice, equality, and human rights. By analyzing the ethical implications of a technology, we can identify potential ethical challenges and ensure that it is developed and used in a way that aligns with our values and principles.
Overall, analyzing an emerging technology for its safety, legality, and ethical use is necessary to ensure that it is developed and used in a responsible and beneficial way, without causing harm or violating laws and ethical principles.
In my example below I analyzed VR use for eLearning:
Should we use VR as an eLearning technology?
Through my analysis, I recognized that there are a lot of issues and potential implications in using VR for eLearning. Ultimately, I think the decision to use or not use this technology relies on whether it will be most beneficial to the learners. There are many skills and situations in a hospital setting that can be taught in an engaging and safe manner with virtual reality. In a later post I will review the many uses specific to medical care (the use cases are fascinating and broad).
The tools needed to create engaging experiences depends on the organizations budget and future usage. A 360-degree camera and a VR headset could be all that is needed to create an engaging learning experience if the organization already has a course authoring program like Adobe Captivate that has a built in VR creation tool. If the company plans to use VR in their training, they need to have an option to view the activity on a computer screen instead to ensure all participants get a similar experience.
I would suggest this technology because it can give learners a realistic experience in an environment that allows them to ask questions and take their time learning. VR can create engaging experiences for learners to take at their own pace.
