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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
COMING SOON
Making Virtual Reality
a Reality
Designing Educational Initiatives in
Libraries with Emerging Technologies
ALISON VALK, XIMIN MI, AND ASHLEY L. SCHICK
Offers insights into best practices for
developing educational initiatives with
emerging technologies.
As educational curricula and research evolve to include April 2023, 190pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
advanced technologies, libraries must offer programming with these emerging Paperback: 978-1-4408-7897-8
technologies in mind, including the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented $55.00, £41.00, €48,00
reality (AR). Valk, Mi, and Schick present readers with tools for assessing eBook: 978-1-4408-7898-5
their level of organizational readiness to begin such programs and, more
importantly, how to sustain them with limited budgets, expertise, SAMPLE T OPICS
and resources. • Augmented Reality • Mixed Reality
Building on their own experiences, the authors teach readers how to develop • Budgeting • Pedagogy
technology-rich classes, assess student projects, and overcome technical • Community • Project
hurdles. They spotlight this kind of programming as integral to building Engagement Management
strategic partnerships in an educational environment. Readers will learn • Emerging • Service
how to adapt and design programs or initiatives in which the necessary Technologies Development
technologies are rapidly changing, not only in higher education institutions, • Instructional Design • Virtual Reality
but also in K–12 schools. Worksheets and resources assist readers in reflecting
on their own work and developing educational programming to suit their
organizational needs.
ALISON VALK is the instructional coordinator and
FEATURES multimedia librarian for the Georgia Tech Library.
• Teaches readers to develop courses and programs including XIMIN MI is the data visualization librarian at the
immersive technologies Georgia Tech Library.
• Identifies free and low-cost resources ASHLEY L. SCHICK is an artist and art educator.
• Helps instructors evaluate devices
• Helps develop library-led research
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