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Virtual field trips can improve inclusion and boost diversity in STEM by giving all students the opportunity to see climate science in action

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For students at a new Florida-based charter school, entering the classroom means strapping on a VR headset.While plenty of schools have experimente

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Virtual Reality (VR), together with Artificial Intelligence (AI), top the list of the technology trends in higher education. We can expect to see both VR and AI playing a paramount role in accelerating the Digital Transformation in 2023 toward the university of the future.

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As more K–12 schools invest in immersive technologies, experts discuss the implications for bandwidth.

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Sometime in the past year or two, you’ve likely heard the word “metaverse.” It’s the future, the next big frontier of the internet, if you ask technology CEOs or researchers.

While the term has become the latest buzzword in education circles, what it means for teaching and learning largely remains to be seen. Experts say much of what we see marketed as the metaverse from education technology companies isn’t actually the metaverse.

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What can the metaverse provide to the learning and teaching environment.

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Augmented and virtual realities (AR/VR) are opening doors for new learning opportunities as higher education students and faculty discover the possibilities of these new technologies. However, barriers to adoption are higher with Minority Serving Institutions.

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Students gathered to learn about virtual reality and use their skills to develop programs as part of Newark, N.J.'s summer youth employment program

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Early adopters and tech trend spotters have long anticipated the day that VR—virtual reality—would become a mainstream member of the learning and development toolkit. Some say that that day has arrived.

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Every year, software developers and engineers work tirelessly to make and design new tech that can be used to improve and enhance the educational world. Without most learners and educators even realizing it, education has advanced rapidly and extraordinarily in the past couple of years. 

One instance of this is how virtual reality has been integrated into most higher education institutions. There are lots of benefits to this advancement in tech. For example, it provides learners with a much more enhanced learning opportunity. In this piece, we will be examining everything that there is to know about VR, including how it is used in higher education. 

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"Talk of the metaverse is everywhere, even though the new, more immersive internet isn’t exactly here yet. Even so, some educators are trying to get ahead of the curve to help influence what kinds of education products and services emerge in the metaverse."

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What is the future of education? Many people have been asking this question. Will it be anything like we see in science-fiction? We all know that many of the things that have once been science-fiction have become science-fact. 

We don’t know exactly what the future holds. One thing we do know is that virtual reality in education brings the future closer.

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Immersive learning and learning technology are designed to help L&D teams measure learning and track progress. Let's look at 3 prime examples for why virtual reality simulations are more engaging and cost effective than role-playing.

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Discover how 3D visualization and configuration are revolutionizing eLearning, optimizing engagement and enriching learning experiences.

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In the past two-and-a-half years, we’ve witnessed a surge in the popularity and prevalence of new digital experiences in the nascent metaverse. There, consumers are transported to a virtual world that mimics real-life experiences using state-of-the-art virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and more.

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Can you imagine taking a class of students to Greenland to study climate change without leaving the classroom? Can you imagine standing at the bottom of the ocean and teaching marine biology as fish swim all round you? Can you imagine shrinking to a size where you can explore a human body from within?

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Administrators from the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Michigan say that users and providers of emerging XR technologies should be conscious of privacy, security and safety challenges.

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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Indiana have had success using virtual reality simulations to teach students about career opportunities.

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Even though it’s unclear what exactly the metaverse is and whether it even exists, colleges and universities have jumped onto the metaverse bandwagon. They have augmented in-person and remote video learning with features such as gamified interactive virtual worlds, virtual reality and mixed reality.

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Virtual Reality has been one of the most buzzing phrases in the technological world recently. Its amazing benefits have been dominating every industry, and the education sector is no different. This article confers 5 exceptional ways educators can benefit from VR for their online teachings.

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Discover the 6 Ds of successful immersive learning development, from discovery and design to defending the spend.

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The education industry today is facing a major challenge. Should educational facilities and businesses embrace modern technology in their training programs?

More often than not, technological progress comes to every industry, including education. However, the ability of the business to embrace technology depends on several factors, such as the goal of the training or budget.

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In the latter part of the 20th century, what we now call the “Digital Revolution” started developing rapidly. In a relatively short period of time, humanity went from using mechanical and analog to digital electronics. The outstanding plethora of technological advances has brought us to today, a time in which technology has become a part of every facet of our lives. The latest advancement everyone seems to be talking about is the metaverse. Facebook’s rebranding and Mark Zuckerberg’s speech about the next generation of the internet have had everyone wondering what the future will look like. Although it seems that the metaverse will have multiple uses, in this article we delve into the ways it can change the face of online education.

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Call me crazy. Some do. I prefer to think of myself as a forward-thinking realist. I’ve been pondering this question: What if the resignation of teachers all across the land leads us to AI and the metaverse as the only solution? What if no one wants to teach anymore? What if it’s easier to craft computer programs just to teach what we want students to know? What if an algorithm is just simpler?

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Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta yesterday, as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sweeping vision of creating a next-generation “embodied” internet inspired by science fiction, where users, as he described it, will be “in the experience, not just looking at it.” And he is targeting education as one key part of that vision.

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