Finding Questions - AERA19

In the OkState Emerging Technologies and Creativity Research Lab, we got to spend a lot of time interacting with emerging technologies and develop questions about how those technologies might help make people's lives better. One of the devices we were able to explore was the Microsoft Hololens. As we investigated the benefits of mixed reality as weighed against the human computer interactions present with the Hololens, we found ourselves continually saying it was really neat, but could it be useful on a larger scale or in the classroom? Below are the slides from my AERA19 presentation with Dr. Penny Thompson and Dr. Tutaleni Asino in which we ask that question. Fortunately, we asked that question with a room full of curious people who came up with even more focused ways to ask the question. Some included questions regarding motor skills mapping (I'm not sure I said that exactly right!), how we might encourage exploration of the potential from the perspective of producers rather than consumers, and the level of care taken to make sure we are not replicating inequalities present in the real world in our mixed reality experiences. One education researcher suggested sending the device out with a K12 teacher for awhile to see what uses could be discovered, and another suggested its application in a literature class. Lots of great ideas!