Danger Zone!

Is that spaceship on fire?

You don't have practice oriented skills or a targeted experience that benefits from VR

Consider a different medium

VR is ideal for helping students practice skills independently and in dispersed locations but it should be reserved for situations where it is essential.

If the same goal can be achieved for your students without using VR, then use a different medium.

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Think of ways you can rework your course objectives into something a student can demonstrate and practice. Avoid objectives with words like "understand." Check out this GBL in Higher Ed Blog post: The Wording of Course Goals Absolutely Matters to get you started.
Search online for your field in combination with terms like:
- Game-based learning
- Project-based learning
- Inquiry-based learning

Line drawing of a boy looking out a spaceship window watching an explosion that just started

From Space Vampire, by Edward Packard.

Proceed, with Caution

If active teaching with practice oriented skills doesn't appeal

Then consider this a "kill point" for your plan to use VR. Yes, the most common uses of VR are lectures and online meetings. That doesn't mean those actually warrant the expense for your students.

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