She wanted to find a way to engage students with learning again and found VR to be the perfect accessory.īecause virtual reality requires a defined space to safely experience the technology, students are able to socially distance themselves at the same time. In a world where the ability to travel is limited, VR is a helpful tool. “ provided an environment where I can bring students back to engage with the different topics we cover in anthropology and to also experience something first-person because virtual reality allows us to experience something we may not be in a situation to experience in real life,” Dr. Brezjanovic explained.Īfter taking her students to UNF’s VLC, she applied for a few grants through the Digital Humanities Institute and the Office of Faculty Excellence.
Between then and April 2022, she has acquired fifteen VR sets called Oculus, which differ from the ones that the UNF library offers. The different educational materials offered cover a wide variety of real-world issues.
