Incorporating virtual reality in the classroom | Mfon Akpan | TEDxTrestleViewPark
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2018
- Why should we care about virtual reality in the educational environment? Mfon Akpan is passionate about the opportunities virtual reality can give our students today. In his energizing talk, he answers why we should care about virtual reality in the classroom.
Mfon Akpan is an accounting professor and enthusiast for virtual reality in education. Mfon is a full-time faculty member in the Harrison Professional Pathways Program at National Louis University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a MBA and Masters in Accounting and Financial Management from Keller Graduate School of Management and is currently a doctoral candidate, majoring in accounting, at Argosy University.
Mfon is also adjunct accounting faculty at Robert Morris University, adjunct business faculty at Olive-Harvey and Harold Washington College. Prior to his doctoral work, he had a successful career as a banker for JPMorgan Chase.
Mfon loves teaching and engaging with his students on and off line. He enjoys incorporating innovative methods of teaching including using social media, his UA-cam channel and other emerging technologies. Mfon is an active member of the American Accounting Association’s Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
To teach kids what can be done with AI, versus just showing them what it does is so important. Education should always be exploring. Very good talk.
100% thanks for emailing me this!
This is true!
we waste time on score subjects, math for example that kids will use a calculator for in their future, but this, gateway to the future is ignored. Good talk.
I don't care what it is, but seems we need to teach our kids differently, what we are doing isn't working.
We need to allow kids to use their imagination.
Suspending your beliefs to become a part of the environment. What a great way to describe virtual experiences and probably a good way to experience reality in general.
I know it would make learning so much easier for so many people!
I loved the way he described this too.
Virtual reality an awesome tool for education! I wish my child could go to a school with tech-savvy guys like you Mfon.
There are so many people who would benefit from this! So many of us are practical learners, virtual reality would help so many people grasp different processes so much more efficiently.
Thank you.
@@MfonAkpan wonderful talk sir, thank you!
There are some that it still scares us too!
I get excited about the future for of my kids and any one who wants to learn. Can't wait for the opportunity.
Such a great person, this guy.
Amazing, virtually going inside the Mona Lisa painting as she's being painted. What a history lesson that would be.
that would be so incredible
Virtual reality, great stuff. I would like to see us handle reality a bit better.
slowly but surely it will become more accessible! i just wish the process would hurry, it would help so many people!!
I love his ending, pretty much proof how much VR will help any facet of society " I am not a tech expert, or a computer programmer, I'm an accounting professor" if he can see the need for this tech in education, we should all see it!
Yes! He is seeing value in the potential outcomes, not a way to sustain his industry. Really on point
A much needed conversation! Many of my friends who are teachers have been discussing exactly this for a few years now - most of us are such practical learners, virtual reality would be such a saving grace for so many!!
I'd like to be in a classroom with him as a teacher.
literally doing an assignment on education and accessibility to new technology, or lack there of. spot on talk!
It's depressing, isn't it?!
The mind doesn't really know what real and what's not, based on this it's how we create our reality
Sounds perfect for learning and certainly a more positive outcome for experiential learning.
awesome talk. couldn't agree more. wouldn't it be great if there were government schemes to help schools get such things? this could cut down a lot of costs for educators as well!
Yes! It just doesn't make sense that education is so behind the times.
AI would make schools so cool, and would excite kids so much.
Maybe now with a change they will!
I'm all for this. We could do so much more for our youth if we could create more immersive learning spaces. Especially considering how we have come to realise that the way in which we've been teaching for a long time has almost been counter-productive for most people.
Technology, is our tool, and we need new tools to teach better. Agree Mfon, great talk!
spot on!
This is a very good talk and better concept.
@@harmonyhadley5216 it really is, lets make kids better!
Kids need new outlets to grow their minds, this is a good one!
The world for kids is limitless these days!
Great idea for VI in the classroom, we could use a whole new revamp of the education system.
Yes!!! I am all about this! I hope it becomes more accessible soon because this would help so many people!!
Absolutely!
Revolutionizing education is a great thing, I'm just wondering why none of these $Billion companies didn't step up to assist schools in a pandemic crisis.
exactly! greed maybe?
I love the way he talks about virtual experiences. He just makes me want to learn.
Air planes and cars, innovations of the past. I'm curious what VI looks like and where it takes us in just 5 years from now.
Hands on approaches in everything area of our lives help us to wire our brain appropriately. I can only imagine how much more astute we would be as a species
You never understand the benefit or the 'unintentional consequences' until you try it! This is how the world works now.
Thanks for sending me Heather
Embodied learning, the equipment might have changed though I am an experiential learner where I learn by doing, touching and feeling. Put me at a desk and tell me to follow instructions is a motivation killer.
I am so the same. I feel like if I had had this access when I was still studying I would have done so much better
Let's say it louder for those at the back...or those in power I should say
This is so true
Clever talk, though I do have concerns about ethics in some of the potential usage for AI, and I have huge concerns over the people with the money paying for it!
Great point!
lucky AI and virtual reality are slightly different... i think?
Mfon, thanks for highlighting the fantastic possibilities of virtual reality so eloquently! The range of opportunities to expand how our students
learn and interact through use of the technology is fascinating.
I think if we could engulf ourselves as such, it would definitely be something for the neuroplasticity of the brain, surely it would help with how our brains are wired.
I really hope this man received some funding, as he stated, accessibility is the tough part ....
If the school my kid goes to has virtual reality equipment, I'm certain she would go with more enthusiasm..
Yes I can imagine, sign me up please.
Thank you Mfon for the hard work gendered in this lecture. I agree that VR is going to allow students to collaborate, disseminate and develop advancements in our society that will bring us closer to singularity in a fraction of the time that is an occurring now.
Again,
Thank you
If COVID keeps mutating we may only ever be able to travel this way!
Well that's not true.... Hence the jab!
Yes, that's the same question I might have for Amazon's Jeff Bezoff and the U.S Postal Service. One might think when your company is reliant on the parcel delivery, you might invest a little.
I can't help but wonder why such technology wouldn't be better considered during funding allocation for education institutions... Why is that anything that actually helps people do better is always riddled with accessibility issues?
So much red tape and it's ridiculous.
Mfon thank you for all your input. Very informative. Had conversation with a friend about using virtual reality for surgical assimilation.
Thank you!
This what I'm gonna do...this is my dream!
To implement new technology could be costly, and to implement in public schools I'm pretty sure it will takes years or even decades. Who knows schools as we know them may all be virtual experiences and children connect socially for different reasons. Like learning care and kindness instead of competing.
Imagine that, learning empathy and kindness in school, that's the ideal!
I'm here, courtesy of Korporate
Same
Thank you. Thank you Korporate.
This is was a really interesting topic. The opportunities for VR in education is limitless. Thank you for sharing this valuable information
Watching this video in 2021, and now that the Quest 2 is $300 and incredibly powerful, there is no better time to implement VR in the classroom.
Edit: Also, that Hydrogen One comment is lookin' awful funny from the future lol
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Mfon I'm filling out a grant to get VR for my students, but not sure which one to apply for any ideas?
I think we begin to lose the basics of education when we attempt top bring new technologies to classrooms at the peril of Maths, English etc.
I think if they are utilized with the user and goals in mind, they can be invaluable. If we are just incorporating them for the sake of having 'high tech', then I completely agree. UX is a big part of this
@@kashaiq So true!
@@kashaiq yes true!
All buzzwords and hype. No content
What are you on about? There is plenty of content here, the guy is a Professor talking about how virtual reality can be utilized to help people learn in a more immersive way, which would effectively make their education more efficient. He also goes on to talk about how supply and demand makes VR headsets more expensive, but even in the last 2 years they've dropped in prices dramatically because of awareness and people purchasing - making it almost possible to entertain the idea that we could actually fund this for schools. IT IS ALL CONTENT! THERE ARE NO BUZZ WORDS OR HYPE. Sheesh.