Future educational delivery will be altered by VR and experiential learning.

 

A robust economy is built on education. It promotes economic output, drives productivity, and increases human capital.

For individuals, education opens up opportunities to learn new skills, improve analytical and critical thinking abilities, contribute to economic wellbeing, find one's purpose in life, and define a profession. Its effects on people, societies, governments, and the entire planet are therefore evident. However, educational approaches haven't always kept up with technological advancements. Despite this, change is coming and will accelerate during the following ten years.

In fact, improvements were already apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments were compelled to shut down schools and institutions around the world for extended periods of time. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) provided digital technologies, programmes, and resources to serve the global education industry and guarantee learning continuity.

Although these solutions were important, they mostly concentrated on knowledge transfer rather than the hands-on, experiential learning that students required to understand topics. Since some people learn best through theory, others learn best through practise. Thus, experiential learning must be taken into account in the future development of educational technology. Augmented reality, virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality are positioned to answer this demand and produce a competitive advantage for all parties involved when combined with cutting-edge pedagogies.

The majority of industries have been affected by technological advancements, which have changed how they are administered or provide services. However, further technological development is still required for the change to disrupt education. The need for these innovations to permeate educational systems has grown.

Education technology, whether through virtual reality (VR) or other experiential learning methods, is reaching a tipping point where leaders, educators, regulators, and other stakeholders must adopt a pro-active strategy to invest in the next generation and ride the wave of change. In national transformation plans, even in developing nations like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we have begun to see these plans come to fruition. Through its recently opened The Museum of the Future in Dubai, an architectural marvel, the UAE replicates the future.