21st Century Learning and Teaching

Herein, we bring you a list of 25 education metaverse startups you must explore.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Metaverse

The New Normal isn’t new anymore. The world of eLearning has changed forever, and it’s not going back. Even if students are returning to school, and eventually it happens - the model of a teacher, a whiteboard, and dozens of students sitting on chairs has changed forever. Instead, multitudes of new learning tools have entered the classroom. Technologies such as conversational AI, which were used mainly in textual interfaces and for commercial purposes, have entered this field.

Chatbots became a commodity only by the mid-2010s, but for lots of people they’re already falling out of favor. Honestly, I don’t blame them. Most of the conversations with them are robotic (no pun intended), mundane and limited in their scope. Most of their uses are commercial. Most of the bots are textual, and in a world turning to video, they are being left behind like educators who haven’t mastered the usage of online platforms.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Metaverse

Buzzy metaverse projects have already sprung up around gaming, socializing, working and creating, so it’s unsurprising that educators have started to explore ways to bring education into a shared virtual world.

The Optima Classical Academy, a charter school in Florida in the US, has embraced the new technology and announced its intention to establish a virtual school which will take in pupils tuition free commencing August 2022. The school will equip up to 1,300 students with Oculus headsets so they can participate in virtual lessons.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Metaverse

https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=crypto-currency

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Coinbase

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=NFT

The metaverse has been recognized as one of the technologies with the greatest potential today. However, the use of the metaverse for educational purposes is seldom discussed. Most educators might be unaware of the features of the metaverse, not to mention the potential applications of this emerging technology. In this position paper, we aim to provide a clear definition of the metaverse. Potential applications and research issues of the metaverse in educational settings are also presented.

Moreover, the roles of AI in the metaverse as well as metaverse-based education are discussed. It is expected that, via this paper, researchers from the fields of both computer science and educational technology would have a clear picture of what the metaverse is and how it can be used for educational purposes. More importantly, it is expected that more studies related to metaverse-based education can be reported in the near future.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Metaverse

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Metaverse

Diving into a magnified human cell. Studying stars from the surface of the moon. Tossing a Frisbee on the quad with a classmate who lives 700 miles away.

These scenarios are far-fetched for most college students. Yet a new virtual reality experiment aims to make them possible. Ten higher education institutions across the U.S. have signed up to create digital versions of themselves that look 3D and feel immersive when accessed by students wearing VR headsets. Drawing on lingo that has gained popularity among tech entrepreneurs, these online simulations of colleges are being called “metaversities.”

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Metaverse

The critical concern for any metaverse beginner would pertain to the ways in which metaverse can change education. How will the metaverse change education? The big question brings many doubts to mind alongside emphasizing particularly the specific parts of the metaverse, which might play a role here.

A broader classification of the metaverse would bring you face to face with four important concepts such as augmented reality, lifelogging, virtual reality, and mirror worlds. All of these concepts provide a detailed impression of using metaverse technology to drive use cases in the education sector. Let us learn about these four aspects of the metaverse with a brief overview of each of them.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Metaverse

https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=crypto-currency

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=Coinbase

https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?&tag=NFT