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I don't see why a social element couldn't be involved in a VR education. How is the current school-social-experience ideal anyway? Specifically I'm thinking ab

• the_af 10y ago
  First of all, I do agree there's much to improve about education. I don't know if the focus of education should be on "solving problems". Part of it, yes. Parts of education aren't about solving anything. Bullying is a problem in some parts of the world, and not so much in others. I experienced some bullying at school, and it didn't traumatize me. I also made friends and interacted with people, played truant and learned some things. I talked and played with students who had a very different background from mine; I learned about parents and families who thought and acted nothing like mine. VR & tech don't preclude a social element, that's true, but how it's presented often hints at it. "Replacing teachers with VR" hints at it, for example.
  • literallycancer 10y ago
    I'd rather learn from a 99th percentile teacher using various technology (to increase their reach) than from a top 50% teacher that is located in the same room. I didn't (and don't) get much value from my classmates anyway, so I believe I wouldn't be worse off even as some kind of remote student.