Europe Needs to Integrate Immersive Learning Quickly at All Education Levels – But How? What to Learn From 25 EU Projects in This Field

Michael Schwaiger

doi:10.18690/rei.14.Spec.Iss.63-85.2021

Michael Schwaiger E.N.T.E.R. - European Network for Transfer and Exploitation of EU Project Results,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/rei.14.Spec.Iss.63-85.2021

Keywords: European education policy, digitalisation of pedagogy, EU projects on VR/AR/XR

Abstract

Manifold technical developments have allowed immersive technologies - virtual (VR) and augmented (AR) realities and their fusion to mixed or extended reality (MR/XR) - to find their way into many areas of life and work. Given their almost infinite creative possibilities, they are also of great interest for pedagogy. But what are the possibilities and where are the limits, and where does Europe stand in this respect at all? To find answers, we have evaluated 25 EU projects dealing with VR/AR/XR-based learning.

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