{"id":1771,"date":"2020-08-06T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/06\/how-about-using-a-digital-avatar-on-a-virtual-campus\/"},"modified":"2020-08-06T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:23:06","slug":"how-about-using-a-digital-avatar-on-a-virtual-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/06\/how-about-using-a-digital-avatar-on-a-virtual-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"How about using a digital avatar on a virtual campus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How about using a digital avatar on a virtual campus?<\/a><\/p>\n

\n \"AA class take place in a lecture hall in virBELA’s virtual college campus. <\/span> <\/div>\n

If video chats have gotten you through COVID and online learning so far, you might consider creating a digital avatar to meet virtually with colleagues or teach remote classes.<\/p>\n

You can do that on\u2014or in<\/em>\u2014the VirBELA<\/a> platform\u2019s virtual reality campus, which has been in use at the Stanford Graduate School of Business for the past five years.<\/p>\n

Users create a customized avatar, a digital version of themselves that can travel the grounds of a virtual campus.<\/p>\n

The avatar can enter buildings for administrative meetings, class sessions and lectures, student group activities and other events.<\/p>\n

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Avatars can collaborate in break-out groups, participate in outdoor and indoor team-building sessions, and have other less formal interactions. Avatars can also drop into each\u2019s offices says Alex Howland, president of VirBELA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see people get immersed in the environment and forget about the technology,\u201d Howland says.<\/p>\n

Colleges and universities can design their own campus or us a generic space.<\/p>\n

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Administrators can also set up counseling centers and financial aid offices and offer other student services inside the virtual campus, Howland says.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial elements, such as events and clubs, much of that can be augmented here,\u201d Howland says. \u201cYou can take connections here and have them impact back into the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Published at Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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