CoSpaces - Week 6

CoSpaces is an online software platform where users can create virtual reality experiences and scenes, without any programming or without being skilled in design and technology-based design softwares. CoSpaces can be used in a school environment such as for creating educational games, visualisations or simulations that are interactive and assist in engaging students within a classroom setting (Drakopoulos, 2021).

CoSpaces can be downloaded and used on a laptop and iPad/tablet however, only once you have completed your virtual scene and saved it, you will be able to view it on a smartphone or even any virtual reality headsets.

This platform allows students or anyone to create basically any type of virtual scene they want. This can include, underwater scenes, party/disco scenes, boat scenes or even regular street life scenes. This software allows you to add on animations or actions for the people to do as well as sounds. You can also add random objects to the interface. For example, in my scene you can see regular street life with some couples on the street, one holding baby, one couple showing their affection for each other, one couple appearing to argue with each other as well as even a boy sitting on a skate board.

It can be used in education to foster creativity by engaging the students more to aid their learning in developing independent skills such as problem-solving, team work and collaboration, and general creative awareness. It can also be used in many different subjects such as history, science, math and art.

CoSpaces can truly foster creativity in learning and education as it encourages experimentation and innovation. It allows students to play around and create anything they want or have been thinking about, that perhaps they could not put into words for a creative writing assignment, It also helps students in their creativity for learning and their assisting in education as some students are more visual learners and struggle with other learning types, so this way out allows the students to help themselves in their own learning as well and comprehend knowledge better also in a fun environment.

In week 6, we looked at a 360 degree video on YouTube and had a discussion about how the video could foster creativity and learning in other children. It can help foster creativity because other students may see this and may want to try and find a solution to the story and help all those other students from the video as well as also recognise how lucky they are to have all these tools to help them be creative and how fortunate they are to have proper access to education and may push them to work harder an study more in school.

References:

[Nam, C. M., Kim, C. W., & Cho, C. (2020). A study on the learner characteristics in virtual reality by a school level curriculum. Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education, 24(1), 71-78.

Drakopoulos, V., & Sioulas, P. V. (2021). Enhancing Primary School Teaching through Virtual Reality. Journal of Computer Science Research, 3(2), 11-18.

Eguchi, A., & Shen, J. (2013). Student learning experience through CoSpace educational robotics: 3D simulation educational robotics tool. In Cases on 3D Technology Application and Integration in Education (pp. 93-127). IGI Global.