Episode: Immersive Interfaces for Learning: Opportunities and Perils


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Immersive Interfaces for Learning: Opportunities and Perils
Virtual worlds (e.g., Internet games, Second Life) and augmented realities (mobile wireless devices that overlay a virtual simulation on the real world) are entering the educational landscape. Like Alice in Wonderland, students who are ‘immersed’ encounter both opportunities and perils. This talk with Chris Dede, Harvard’s Timothy E Wirth professor of Learning Technologies, illustrates research [...]