BioSIGHT Content and Interaction
The goal of the BioSIGHT Content Development for immersive learning environments is to fully explore the delivery of content within applications of immersive technologies to provide teachers and students with experiences that would not otherwise be available.
As educators increasingly look to technology to meet the challenges of teaching and learning in a rapidly changing educational environment, the field of interactive visualization - illustrating educational concepts through visual, interactive applications, and simulations - presents a promising and emerging paradigm for learning and content delivery. Interactive visualization puts students and their teacher into the picture of what they are studying, allowing them to share and manipulate the objects of study. It promises a rich learning experience that engages, excites, and motivates the learning in a dynamic environment. Current "technology-enhanced" learning programs are based on existing curricula that have been ported to the web or to televised lectures. In most cases students are not challenged to form their own models, nor asked to demonstrate their understanding through meaningful assessments. We view the lack of innovative curriculum that is optimized rather than adapted to a set of technologies, as an opportunity to design content material to be delivered, managed, and accessed in a novel way.