{"id":1087,"date":"2021-11-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:09:58","slug":"designing-xr-into-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"Designing XR into Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgzSBcM4UlZwNd3dT6xQWHUFhUfN24ZuNfnp2PRImfA9_MRYHSsGmTEi4Ebnacsi-Q7BL1OWm6Q7SZIOlsZ78nXtMtODGwQ_ZfOHrcWMaX-zqsa2A7WMMzH00PFBzywBJlyobdAY1cLz5xLxczLJAajVaIlRdvaXeIBnLhK40Rm4Fngm557jELDbmPK=w640-h360\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgzSBcM4UlZwNd3dT6xQWHUFhUfN24ZuNfnp2PRImfA9_MRYHSsGmTEi4Ebnacsi-Q7BL1OWm6Q7SZIOlsZ78nXtMtODGwQ_ZfOHrcWMaX-zqsa2A7WMMzH00PFBzywBJlyobdAY1cLz5xLxczLJAajVaIlRdvaXeIBnLhK40Rm4Fngm557jELDbmPK=w640-h360\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/360;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>With the dramatic shift to online learning with the arrival of the<br \/>\nCOVID-19 pandemic, faculty, staff, and students within higher education<br \/>\nworldwide have made the sudden but necessary initial steps to<br \/>\nincorporate technology into the learning environment in ways never<br \/>\nimagined. However, forward-thinking administrators are wondering, \u201cwhat<br \/>\ncomes next?\u201d  Immersive learning and XR answer this call.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created with care in Canva.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"BLOG_video_class lazyload\" height=\"351\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsKs1FZH_Hs\" width=\"379\" youtube-src-id=\"gsKs1FZH_Hs\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Sources:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Definitions come from my own writing here:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ziker C., Truman B., Dodds H. (2021) Cross Reality (XR): Challenges and<br \/>\nOpportunities Across the Spectrum. In: Ryoo J., Winkelmann K. (eds)<br \/>\nInnovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education.<br \/>\nSpringerBriefs in Statistics. Springer, Cham. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-58948-6_4&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dodds, H.  (2021). Immersive Learning Environments: Designing XR into<br \/>\nHigher Education. In  J. E. Stefaniak,  S. Conklin,  B. Oyarzun, &amp;<br \/>\nR. M. Reese (Eds.), A Practitioner&#8217;s Guide to Instructional Design in<br \/>\nHigher Education. EdTech Books. https:\/\/edtechbooks.org\/id_highered\/immersive_learning_e<\/p>\n<p>Slide 6:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mordor Intelligence. (2021). Extended Reality (XR) Market &#8211;<br \/>\nGrowth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 &#8211; 2026)  https:\/\/www.mordorintelligence.com\/industry-reports\/extended-reality-xr-market&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Slide 8 does not have one source but over 20 years research (including<br \/>\nmy dissertation study) with technology-facilitated immersive learning<br \/>\nhas yet to show a significant improvement other any other learning<br \/>\nmedia.  This aligns with this important article in the history of<br \/>\ninstructional design: Clark, R. E. (1994). Media will never influence<br \/>\nlearning. Educational technology research and development, 42(2), 21-29.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Slides 9, 10, 11  &#8220;XR reduces Time, Money, Danger&#8221; (similarly expressed<br \/>\nin my dissertation).  There are parallel comments made by Jeremy<br \/>\nBailenson documented here as his &#8220;DICE&#8221; advice. https:\/\/stanfordvr.com\/video\/2019\/transformative-experiences-vr-for-good\/<br \/>\n  It should be noted that the DICE advice are the 4 occasions for which<br \/>\nto NOT use VR (against) where my 3 are 3 occasions TO use VR (for).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The combination of 4 different models is my own published creation:<br \/>\nADDIE (traditional ID model), Design Thinking (from UX), 3DLED (from<br \/>\nKarl Kapp), and narrative plot (loosely credited to Pixar). They are<br \/>\ndisplayed here to show the remarkable similarity of steps\/pathway across<br \/>\n each model, thus supporting the validity of the proposed path. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n&nbsp; With the dramatic shift to online learning with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty, staff, and students within&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=1087\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Designing XR into Higher Education&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441,222,236,22,11,439,150,440,27,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-addie","category-best","category-clark-vs-kozma","category-design","category-instructional-design","category-karl-kapp","category-narrative-plot","category-pixar","category-vr","category-xr","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}