President Barack Obama’s national education “Grand Challenge” of the 21st century identified in his strategy for American Innovation, released on September 21, 2009: “Educational software that is as compelling as the best video game and as effective as a personal tutor; online courses that improve the more students use them; and a rich, interactive digital library at the fingertips of every child“.
Why have we launched the Virtual Learning Program?
There is a demand for rich 3D Virtual Learning Solutions that provide engaging, pedagogically sound, content that reaches all learning styles and instantly can be made available to every learner anytime, anywhere.
- Educational Institutions recognize that traditional teaching methods are insufficient in the global knowledge race
- Elderly generation of experts are retiring, there is an immense need for an effective knowledge transfer solutions
- Today’s learners are not motivated by traditional education methods
- Government needs to generate sustainable jobs in the knowledge industry
- Economic restrictions require reducing travel time and costs
- Most online education fails to effectively engage and reach all learning styles plus its e-learning content cannot merge video, screen sharing and 3D virtual interaction
- Traditional virtual world solutions are not scalable nor do they integrate with legacy software to access existing content
