kolkata maulana abul kalam azad university of technology makaut has introduced a course to train faculty members of the university as well as those working in its more than 100 affiliated colleges in methods of immersive learning which include virtual reality augmented reality mixed reality and animations indicating a shift in pedagogical methodology and to prepare them with new methods of teachingimmersive learning is the process of learning with the usage of simulated or artificial environment the technology doesnt involve computer graphics or animations but visuals of real places recorded by 360degree cameras the students can use wearable gears to interact virtually and physicallythe faculties teaching in different colleges need to acquaint themselves with this emerging technology as they are the key persons entrusted with the task of nation building and influencing the minds of the young generation in fact vr and ar technologies are becoming more and more important as means of instruction in the teachinglearning process the teachers can make the process of learning immersive and engaging through this mode of instruction and explain more lucidly and vividly said samir mukherjee head of the department of emerging technologies at makaut the course which faculties of all affiliated colleges can enrol into for a nominal fee is already underway at the salt lake campus of makaut it is being conducted by experts from the field of virtual and augmented reality it is a misnomer that technology will make the job of a teacher redundant in fact it empowers an instructor to grab the attention of a student for a long time and engage them with the subject said a faculty member of a private college in kolkatauniversities and colleges are increasingly using technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality as methods of teaching the usage is not limited only to sciencebased subjects but even humanitiesfor example while teaching history we can take students on a virtual reality trip of all monuments built by mughal emperors or the several battles that were fought by kings and emperors mentioned in the books a professor of political science can take students on a virtual trip of the parliament without even stepping out of the classroom said the professor