{"id":21683,"date":"2020-12-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=21683"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:40","slug":"extended-reality-u-m-online-courses-make-xr-accessible-to-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/12\/15\/extended-reality-u-m-online-courses-make-xr-accessible-to-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Extended reality: U-M online courses make XR accessible to everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/extended-reality-u-m-online-courses-make-xr-accessible-to-everyone-2048x1365-1-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"female student wearing VR headset using hand conrollers, monitor in background\" class=\"wp-image-21685\"\/><figcaption>(U-M Center for Academic Innovation)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/extended-reality-u-m-online-courses-make-xr-accessible-to-everyone\/\">A new three-course online specialization on extended reality <\/a>developed by Michael Nebeling, an assistant professor with both the School of Information and the College of Engineering, and a team at the U-M Center for Academic Innovation has something for everyone\u2014from novices to the most advanced users, designers, and developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extended reality, or XR, is the term for technology that encompasses virtual, augmented and mixed reality\u2014and it is the focus of a major initiative the university announced one year ago. The specialization on Coursera called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/specializations\/extended-reality-for-everybody\">Extended Reality for Everybody<\/a>,\u201d has a broad target audience, which reflects Nebeling\u2019s philosophy that this technology need not be overly complicated or expensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI really enjoyed putting the knowledge and experience I have gained over the last five years doing research and teaching in this space into this MOOC specialization,\u201d said Nebeling. \u201cIt really brings together a lot of different perspectives, from critical design and design thinking, to hands-on working and developing with these technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new three-course online specialization on extended reality developed by Michael Nebeling, an assistant professor with both the School of Information and the College of Engineering, and a team at the U-M Center for Academic Innovation has something for everyone\u2014from novices to the most advanced users, designers, and developers. 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