Dive Brief:
- The State University of New York Cobleskill has a new pilot program using Google Glass to provide point-of-view video to students in paramedic training and animal hoof health programs.
- SUNY Cobleskill students will be able to watch other students or instructors or professionals perform a procedure, such as paramedic procedures or minor hoof surgery, and faculty will be able to evaluate student performance through the point-of-view video, Campus Technology reports.
- Cobleskill's chief information officer, Jim Dutcher, says the wearable technology also helps boost student performance through competition, with students striving to excel when peer critiques are involved.
Dive Insight:
Google provided 15 to 20 Google Glass devices to SUNY Cobleskill for free, and the school bought 15 to 20 of its own. Dutcher says he expects other faculty members will think of applications for wearable technology in their own programs once they see the results of the pilot program.