Google Glass and education is quite an interesting mix. There is more than a handful of teachers using it to help educate children. Also, there is a handful of courses out there at different universities that focus on Google Glass and wearable technology. One of the latest universities to gain an interest in Google Glass is California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH).

California State University, Dominguez Hills is a university located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. Recently, the university published a blog / news post about how they are going to be implementing Google Glass into their academic setting by equipping different professors with the device.

The university is working with Glassic, a company that creates Google Glass related apps and platforms. Apparently, David Zakariaie, the founder of Glassic, had a meeting with the CBAPP Dean Joseph Wen on Sept. 11. The Google Glass program was approved and development of different apps is scheduled to start in 2015.

The university already has 20 pairs of Google Glass, but they have yet to decide what the devices will be used for and which professors they will be giving the devices to. The CBAPP suggested the following ideas for how Google Glass could be used in the classroom:

Remote teaching and one-on-one sessions

Retina scan to help professors identify students who are taking exams

Accessibility for students and professors with visual, auditory and physical handicaps

Virtual faculty office hours for students taking online courses

Audio messages with video that is sent by professors to students while they evaluate their work

Recording lectures in real-time

Webinars and online lectures streamed directly on Google Glass

Most of the ideas are plausible and Google Glass is capable of doing them. The only one that is odd is the retina scan idea, which Im not sure is possible. Plus, I don’t think many students are going to be happy with having their eyeball scanned just to take a test. Every other idea is pretty reasonable though, and I’m sure Glassic can pull them off.

It’s going to be interesting to see how exactly the university implements Google Glass. Development is set to start in spring of 2015 though. So, who knows how Google Glass itself is going to change by then.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on this? Do you think the university will see positive results from giving professors and students Google Glass? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section down below!

Source: California State University, Dominguez Hills News Center