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Learning Beyond Reality: How VR and AR Are Transforming Higher Education

IdeaScale

The landscape of higher education is undergoing a revolution fueled by the rise of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). These immersive technologies, collectively known as the metaverse, are fundamentally changing the way students learn and professors teach.

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How Innovation in Education is Shaping the Future of Learning: From AI to Virtual Reality

IdeaScale

Innovation in education has always been a cornerstone of human development. However, as the world changes, so too must education adapt to keep up with the times. Fortunately, innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are rapidly transforming the landscape of education.

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Failure - learning or leavening?

Jeffrey Phillips

Then the educational system does all it can to reinforce norms and standards, which is important if you are cracking the genome or building a bridge, but limits creativity and innovation. Most learning is based on trying and failing and having the willingness to try again and to learn.

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s head of education on supporting student, educator wellbeing

Christensen Institute

As schools have reopened and the challenges facing children remain as glaring as ever, education philanthropy has a significant role to play in how schools innovate and tackle many of these issues. These grants help build a body of research about student learning and development. Student wellbeing and teachers as the locus of change.

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PM Development: How Product People Continue to Learn

Speaker: Greg Coticchia - CEO, Sopheon

With all the technological improvements relevant to product management, there is an increasing need to educate new product managers as well as upgrade the abilities of experienced professionals. Unfortunately, little has changed in the world of product management education, training, or preparation to meet today’s high demand.

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3 education innovations to watch in 2024 (hint: it’s not just about skills and AI)

Christensen Institute

Despite these growing proof points, efforts to improve education lean on mental models, theories of change, and investment strategies that routinely ignore the social side of opportunity. I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.”

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Smart Classrooms, Smarter Students: AI Avatars Changing Education Dynamics

The Human Factor

These avatars are like super-smart computer buddies who are making our learning time way better! It’s not supplanting our educators; it’s simply adding a touch of enjoyable to our examples. With DEEPBRAIN AI avatars, our study halls are changing to turn out to be really fascinating and invigorating. How cool is that?

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.