Explore XR

Karyn Madden

Episode Summary

David is joined by Karyn Madden, a Nurse Educator at the Southern Institute of Technology in Invercargill, New Zealand. They discuss how Southern Institute of Technology has implemented extended reality into their curriculum as well as what the impact of the technology will be on education going forward.

Episode Notes

David is joined by Karyn Madden, a Nurse Educator at the Southern Institute of Technology in Invercargill, New Zealand. They discuss how Southern Institute of Technology has implemented extended reality into their curriculum as well as what the impact of the technology will be on education going forward.

Topics include:

• How Southern Institute of Technology uses extended reality and GigXR (2:30)
• Extended reality versus other analog technologies (5:50)
• How students adapted to extended reality (7:20)
• How often the technology is used in the curriculum (8:40)
• Measuring return on investment in HoloLenses and XR technology (9:45)
• Mixed reality as a training tool (12:00)
• Projecting the future of XR and its efficacy in training (13:20)
• Mixed reality versus virtual reality (14:33)