{"id":72968,"date":"2024-05-10T16:26:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/knust-inaugurates-first-virtual-reality-studios-to-enhance-teaching-and-learning"},"modified":"2024-05-10T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:09:14","slug":"knust-inaugurates-first-virtual-reality-studios-to-enhance-teaching-and-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/knust-inaugurates-first-virtual-reality-studios-to-enhance-teaching-and-learning","title":{"rendered":"KNUST inaugurates first Virtual reality studios to enhance teaching and learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>As part of the digitization agenda of the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology (KNUST) which seeks to promote the utilization of cutting-edge e-learning technologies and pedagogical strategies to facilitate teaching and learning, the university has inaugurated its first virtual reality studio.<\/b><\/p>\n

As Ghana\u2019s first virtual reality studios designed to foster innovative ways of learning, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mrs Rita Akosua Dickson appealed to the public to continually support the initiative to ensure that graduates of the university become globally competitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are starting with 11 devices and we want to get to 50 or even more. What that means is that we are going to need a lot of support. So, to the general public, alumni, and any other person, come to Macedonia and help. We will also continue to support this drive so that teaching will continue to become more real through these simulations and less abstract and also make it more fun,\u201d she said<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch of the VR studios, Director of the KNUST E-Learning Centre, Prof. Eric Asante Appau underscored the significance of the facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incorporation of visual reality into our educational system will offer us diverse advantages. This innovative way of learning will improve retention rate by offering engaging and memorable educational opportunities. The Visual Reality studios will help prepare our students for the ever-changing digital environment that they will work in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He further challenged staff and students of the university to maximize the facility for faculty development.<\/p>\n

\u201cI urge all faculty members and students to embrace this technology and make the most of these resources at your disposal. The possibilities are unlimited, whether you want to simulate scientific experiment or go on virtual field expedition. This facility among other things contains a virtual reality space and ideation rooms designed to foster creativity, collaboration, and innovation,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

Provost of the College of Science, Professor Leonard Kofitse Amekudzi said the studio \u201cwill provide students with the opportunity to visualize very complex issues relating to science. It will provide an imaginary real world within us thought visualized.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Provost of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Charles Ofosu Marfo \u201cthis initiative will help make learning easy for students with disabilities. This is a noble benefit to all students, especially students with disabilities. Instead of going to the field which would have been very difficult for most students especially the physically challenged persons, this will help them as they sit in the comfort of the lab and reach everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Visual Reality studios is an all-inclusive space that caters to different disciplines and learning preferences. The studio boasts 11 high-tech Visual Reality devices for immersive learning and exploration.<\/p>\n

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