VWMOOC21: The metaverse supports teaching during lockdown. Students working together from home. Virtual classrooms can have all the equipment of the familiar classrooms. Without the germs.

The metaverse supports teaching during lockdown.  

Students working together from home.  

Virtual classrooms can have all the equipment of the familiar classrooms. 

Without the germs.

Dieter Heyne (Avatar: Edward Tarber) discusses learning during lockdown. Examples: 3 groups of master students learning during lockdown.

• Watch on YouTube
• Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtL8l3jzYF0

Services that could be in a digital classroom

• Digital teaching assistant: software designed to give assistance for a specific task.
• Whiteboards for teacher and each student.
• The interactive whiteboard(s) in CybaLounge
• Instructional videos:
• Cybalounge build: put a video in your web-world
• Tests:
• Suppose the real objective in school is to pass multiple-choice tests. Can a digital TA handle test-based learning?

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