Virtual Reality in school education: Australia leads the way with groundbreaking research

By Erica Southgate
Community contribution / July 22, 2020

In 2016, I attended a meeting and fortuitously sat next to the (now retired) principal of Callaghan College who asked me what type of research I’d like to do in schools.

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By Erica Southgate

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Erica Southgate (PhD) is Associate Professor of Emerging Technologies for Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is lead author of the recent Australian Government commissioned report, Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies (virtual, augmented and mixed reality) in schools research report, and a maker of computer games for literacy learning. Erica is always looking for brave teachers to collaborate with on research and can be contacted at Erica.southgate@newcastle.edu.au. Erica is on Twitter @EricaSouthgate

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Virtual Reality in school education: Australia leads the way with groundbreaking research

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