MOULTRIE —
Moultrie Technical College recently became the first technical college in the Technical College System of Georgia to use a 3-D educational tool that was first used in military training.
Stewart Rodeheaver of ViziTech said the 3-D AV Rover is a fully integrated and portable 3-D theater system. It is the only machine of its kind in the world, and it was first used for training by the Department of Defense.
Rodeheaver, a retired brigadier general and former commander of the Georgia 48th Brigade, said his company converted the Rovers for other uses. Its 3-D technology is starting to be used in colleges, universities and high schools, including at Moultrie Technical College (MTC). It is designed to help students both learn and be entertained and provide hands-on experience needed after graduation.
“We are trying to give the students an educational experience along with training,” Rodeheaver said. “It tries to engage them in more than one way to make them fully interactive.”
MTC President Tina Anderson said she believes the use of the Rovers will show significant signs of classroom improvement.
Tests have shown students who have used the Rovers showed a 30 percent increase in test scores than those students using traditional teaching methods.
MTC’s focus now is to use the Rovers in its health programs, but Anderson said it could be used in virtually any program offered at the college. The automotive programs, computer information systems and cosmetology are just some of the programs that could allow students to view 3-D images of things, how they function and what’s inside them.
“I think it is unlimited what you can do,” Anderson said. “I do not think there is any program that is off limits.”
The Allied Health Program was the first to use the Rovers, and those in the program think it will be very beneficial. Practical Nursing Program Chair Robin Kern said the technology allows a student to actually see body functions in a more life-like picture than with a 2-D picture. It also allows a 360-degree view of items such as cells, blood flow and bone fractures.
“As an educator,” Kern said, “I am very excited about using this machine to enhance our students’ ability to learn at Moultrie Tech.”
Nursing student Laura Willis said students can now see in 3-D what they cannot get out of a book, which will be beneficial to learning. The Rover is also very helpful for those who are more visual learners, as she said most of her class is.
Rodeheaver said the Rovers were designed for those students who are more “digital natives,” or have grown up with technology. Students today are “three-screen children,” meaning they get most of their information from a laptop computer screen, television screen or cell phone screen instead of through books like those having to learn new technology.
Everything in the unit is self-contained, and Rodeheaver said it is built to military standards and everything is synchronized to work together. It can project a clear 3-D or 2-D picture anywhere from a 3x3-foot screen to a 20x20-foot screen.
MTC has a total of three Rovers at its Industrial Drive campus and Tifton campus, but it will receive four more of them in the near future. They were purchased by the college through a grant.
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Students in the Allied Health Program at Moultrie Technical College watch a 3-D video of cell meiosis Thursday. Moultrie Tech is the first technical college in the Technical College System of Georgia to use the 3-D technology for educational purposes. John Oxford
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