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"Expanding Realities: MAVR Innovations for Global Learning and Collaboration
Exploring the State of MAVR, Metaverse for COIL, and AR-Enhanced Education
This MAVR SIG forum explores the evolving landscape of Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities in education, highlighting innovative approaches that empower learners and educators in an increasingly digital and connected world. The session opens with a comprehensive update on the State of MAVR, offering insights into recent developments, trends, and future directions within the field.
This is followed by two presentations showcasing the transformative role of the metaverse in Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). These initiatives demonstrate how immersive environments can bridge cultural and geographical divides, enabling students to co-create, communicate, and solve global challenges in shared virtual spaces.
The forum culminates with a deep dive into Augmented Reality for creative learning, featuring Lively Pages: a reimagined, interactive storytelling platform. Using accessible, open-source tools, this approach empowers learners to co-author dynamic comic narratives that respond to voice and movement, fostering engagement, creativity, and critical thinking.
Together, these presentations reflect the MAVR SIG’s commitment to exploring how immersive technologies can support inclusive, collaborative, and future-ready learning experiences."
