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Using virtual reality (VR) to transport students to new places in the classroom

Teaching Matters Online Learning

VR’s successful applications range widely: in healthcare , it trains doctors and nurses on complex medical procedures; in the defence sector, it prepares soldiers for the intense realities of combat; and in retail , it enhances employee training across numerous operational areas.

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Why higher education must be reinvented to suit the new generation of students

University Business

As a result, institutions must consider moving past its foundational model of fostering coming-of-age experiences for young adults to a knowledge service whose programs are as fluid as tomorrow’s digital native students. “This will threaten the very existence of those universities that cannot adapt to the sector’s new realities.”

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Exploring sustainable cotton: A student’s journey

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Photo credit: India Trek students Recently, Dr Winston Kwon wrote about a student engagement initiative , which involved two dozen students from multiple disciplines trekking across India. To explore cotton manufacture from production through to retail.

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Exploring sustainable cotton: A student's journey

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Photo credit: India Trek students Recently, Dr Winston Kwon wrote about a student engagement initiative , which involved two dozen students from multiple disciplines trekking across India. To explore cotton manufacture from production through to retail.