N. Rajendran, Vice-Chancellor, Alagappa University, has said the university was committed to bringing foreign experts from globally ranked universities to frame world class curriculum and set to establish virtual reality facilities.
Addressing workshop on “Virtual reality for pedagogy”, organised by the Institute of skill development here on Wednesday under RUSA Phase 2.0 scheme, he said virtual reality applications in this current era of high-end computing were relevant and important.
“Virtual reality and augmented reality applications will bring huge impact on the learning experiences of the current and future generations of students, as they are very much used to simulate the complex concepts,” he said.
Under the Ministry of Human Resource Development Ministry’s RUSA 2.0 scheme, Alagappa University has envisaged for establishing virtual reality facilities to carry our teaching-learning and research practices.
Addressing the workshop, Mr. Anand Bhojan of the National University of Singapore (NUS) demonstrated some Virtual Reality applications developed at NUS and explained several Virtual Reality applications that were helpful for teaching-learning and as well as in research. About 100 students, faculty members and research scholars participated in the workshop.
Earlier, addressing a five-day workshop on “Research methodology and data analysis”, organised by the Research Scholars Forum of the Faculty of Management, Prof. Rajendran said the objective of the comprehensive workshop was to infuse confidence among the research scholars and help them learn about the current research trends and hone their skills.
Research scholars should develop a distinct theory which could support the overall societal development, he said and advised the researchers to read Scopus-Indexed articles and indexed books. “An in-depth knowledge of the specific field of research chosen by the scholar is must for turning out a good thesis,” he said.
