{"id":1033,"date":"2021-10-29T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:09:04","slug":"getting-started-in-xr-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started in XR in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m frequently asked for what do you recommend for those interested in using XR in education?<\/p>\n

I thought I would start gathering resources because the use of XR in education in October 2021 is about where e-learning was in about 2005.  There were a few studies, tons of anecdotal stories, and some general scorn and nose wrinkling in the direction of e-learning at that time. It is just the same point in the adoption of XR, immersive learning, virtual reality, or the metaverse in education.<\/p>\n

We do have some good ideas how to use XR and I’ll boil down my 13 years of experience to two statements to make this REALLY simple.<\/p>\n

Rule #1: XR will, eventually, score equally as well as any other learning technology as measured by learning objectives.<\/p>\n

Rule #2: XR does excel when used in situations where one aims to reduce time, money, or danger.<\/p>\n

I’ll refer back to these 2 rules when I start talking about good and bad uses of XR in education.<\/p>\n

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Theoretical background<\/b><\/h1>\n

I am a Clarkist in the Clark versus Kozma debate.  Interestingly enough, I was a Kozma-ist all through my Master’s Degree and in getting my Ph.D.  It wasn’t until my Ph.D. was all done and buttoned up and I had a few years of recovery that I was able to look back at my own research and say “Harrumph.  I was a Clarkist all along.”<\/p>\n

This means that I do not believe that the technological medium makes a difference in the learning.  This debate is also known as the Grocery Store Truck debate.  <\/p>\n

Theory and approaches that support ID in XR<\/h1>\n

Constructivist Learning Theory <\/b>– this applies more so if one is using the XR as either part of the assessment or learners are tasked with building something within an XR platform.<\/p>\n

3D Learning Experience Theory<\/b> (Kapp)<\/p>\n

further elaborated here: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:6864927093248020480?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_updateV2%3A%28urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A6864927093248020480%2CFEED_DETAIL%2CEMPTY%2CDEFAULT%2Cfalse%29<\/p>\n

Narrative Plot<\/b> from Pixar<\/p>\n

Experiential Approach to Instruction by Lindsey & Berger
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Lindsey, L., & Berger, N. (2009). Experiential approach to
\ninstruction. In C. M. Reigeluth & A. A. Carr-Chellman (Eds.),
\nInstructional-design theories and models (Vol. 3, pp. 117-142).
\nRoutledge.<\/p>\n

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All theories point to these characteristics if one is making high quality XR for education:<\/p>\n