A Tour Of The Virtual World: How To Engage Students & Create A Sense Of Belonging Online

Description  Challenge - Using virtual worlds in education How might we create an engaging learning experience for students desiring an immersive sense of ‘place’ in a virtual world environment? Key Takeaway Virtual world learning environments may provide an immersive sense of place and belonging, essential to student success and retention. Overview Educators can be COVID-challenged to keep students and funds flowing, while promoting healthy and enriching academic options. Virtual World learning may provide immersive hands-on experience for engaging students and offering a sense of place and belonging, so important to student success and retention in online education. This easy virtual VW visit through Zoom covers: evolution of virtual world learning, academic necessities for learning alternatives, socioeconomic drivers and gains, fulfilling student desires for immersive experience, benefits of experiential learning, providing dimensional sense of space, sample in-world lear