The Holographic Classroom

Holography has a long history as a teaching tool, from the early use as interactive 3D representations of skulls, dental molds and religious relics to the current trend of integration into mixed reality to enhance the teaching and learning process. In this article, we take a look at the evolving role of the technology in teaching and, conversely, at how educators teach students about the technology.

Demonstrations and practicals

One of the major problems in classroom-based teaching is to maintain student attention and focus. (Editor note: as a qualified science teacher, I know this to be true from bitter experience). An effective way to overcome this is through demonstrations and practicals that use equipment and props to explain an underlying concept. The traditional approach to classroom experiments requires long hours of preparation from the teacher and technicians with little guarantee of the student truly understanding the objectives of the lesson. (Editor note: also true from bitter experience).