LEARN STEM TOGETHER
Live instruction | Small groups | Ages 12-15
Designed and led by Stanford educators
Designed and led by Stanford educators
LEARN BETTER
TOGETHER
Live instruction | Small groups | Ages 12-15
Designed by Stanford educators
Designed by Stanford educators
OUR COURSES
OUR TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
Active Learning
Kids actively participate in the creation of their learning experiences instead of passively consuming VR content. This leads to higher engagement, better retention, and subject comprehension.
Collaboration and Empathy
Our expeditions stage real-life or hypothetical situations where students become immersed in the subject or their interests. Participants embody characters and collaborate, exploring different viewpoints.
Kids actively participate in the creation of their learning experiences instead of passively consuming VR content. This leads to higher engagement, better retention, and subject comprehension.
Collaboration and Empathy
Our expeditions stage real-life or hypothetical situations where students become immersed in the subject or their interests. Participants embody characters and collaborate, exploring different viewpoints.
Technical Skills and Social Skills
We focus on Technical Skills and Social Skills through our engaging cross-disciplinary immersive programs. All of our VR sessions are designed around collaborative, hands-on projects. In small teams, participants learn to analyze, debate, construct arguments, and present their ideas in the form of an interactive role-play. As a summative assessment, participants review peer projects and learn to give and receive feedback.
We focus on Technical Skills and Social Skills through our engaging cross-disciplinary immersive programs. All of our VR sessions are designed around collaborative, hands-on projects. In small teams, participants learn to analyze, debate, construct arguments, and present their ideas in the form of an interactive role-play. As a summative assessment, participants review peer projects and learn to give and receive feedback.
WHAT STUDENTS DO
Receive short introduction to the subject
Formulate questions and develop inquiries
Research, discuss, and
apply new knowledge in near-real VR simulations
apply new knowledge in near-real VR simulations
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Split into teams and Create a role-pay Quest about the subject
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Play each other’s quests reflect and summarize lessons-learned
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LEARNING
. . OUTCOMES
The UniVirtual Academy provides students with an opportunity to develop new technology skills and rediscover academic subjects through the new medium of virtual reality. Together with peers from all over, students of UniVirtual.Academy will work in small groups to create real and imaginary applications of newly acquired skills and knowledge.
Knowledge retention
through increased focus and concentration in VR
through increased focus and concentration in VR
First-hand understanding
of emerging technologies and their applications through integrated cross-disciplinary classes
of emerging technologies and their applications through integrated cross-disciplinary classes
Advanced Acquisition
of 21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration and Creativity
of 21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration and Creativity
Our classes are designed by Stanford educators and run by certified VR teachers.
WHAT FAMILIES SAY
FREQUENTLY
. . ASKED QUESTIONS
You need to have Meta Quest 1 or Meta Quest 2. If you don’t have it at home, click here to order.
If you miss or cannot attend a class, you are welcome to join another group, if their time works. If not, you can use the missed class's credit toward another class.
Please, let us know here about courses you would like to see, and we'll do our best to make them available soon.
VR is recommended for kids 12 and up. As with any screen time, time limits are important. For VR, doctors recommend breaks every hour for at least 10 minutes. Our classes last an hour, which provides a comfortable duration for our students.
When compared with traditional “flat” online education via Zoom or similar platforms, there are several important areas where immersive (virtual reality) education outperforms.
First of all, virtual reality (VR) gives a real sense of presence, and students in live VR are able to establish better socio-emotional connections with their classmates and teachers than if they only had a flat online experience. For this reason, live group classes that leverage immersive technologies are better able to make use of collaborative group projects and teach students critical communication and collaboration skills.
Second, VR not only increases presence, focus, and concentration (which in turn leads to increased material retention), it also increases student motivation and engagement. Students are excited to do it, much more than sitting in another zoom class or reading a textbook.
Third, VR has been named the “ultimate empathy machine” since it allows users to experience any situation firsthand. Students can embody different characters which makes it easier to present or debate different points of view.
Forth, in VR students can safely experience and test anything that otherwise could represent a challenge or a hazard. Visiting both micro (inside of a living organism) and macro (space) words, traveling to the bottom of the ocean or in time offer tremendous opportunities in studying not only STEAM but also humanities.
Last, but not least, VR has proven to increase information retention. When a student is engaged in classwork and is using all of his senses (visual, auditory, tactile), learning outcomes speak for themselves. Information retention is substantially higher.
First of all, virtual reality (VR) gives a real sense of presence, and students in live VR are able to establish better socio-emotional connections with their classmates and teachers than if they only had a flat online experience. For this reason, live group classes that leverage immersive technologies are better able to make use of collaborative group projects and teach students critical communication and collaboration skills.
Second, VR not only increases presence, focus, and concentration (which in turn leads to increased material retention), it also increases student motivation and engagement. Students are excited to do it, much more than sitting in another zoom class or reading a textbook.
Third, VR has been named the “ultimate empathy machine” since it allows users to experience any situation firsthand. Students can embody different characters which makes it easier to present or debate different points of view.
Forth, in VR students can safely experience and test anything that otherwise could represent a challenge or a hazard. Visiting both micro (inside of a living organism) and macro (space) words, traveling to the bottom of the ocean or in time offer tremendous opportunities in studying not only STEAM but also humanities.
Last, but not least, VR has proven to increase information retention. When a student is engaged in classwork and is using all of his senses (visual, auditory, tactile), learning outcomes speak for themselves. Information retention is substantially higher.
Knowledge retention pyramid
In UniVirtual.Academy we leverage the power of storytelling, game-based learning, and immersive technologies to boost engagement, unlock creativity, and increase retention.
We use participatory (active) educational methodologies that demonstrate higher material retention rates than traditional lecturing, reading, or video. Our instructional strategies include media presentations, simulation, jigsaws, discovery learning, quizzes, puzzles, group research, case studies, debate, peer-to-peer teaching, cross-assessment, storyboarding, role play, and project-based constructivism.
Our methodology is deeply rooted in constructivism: Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget. We follow their belief that social interactions play a critical role in children's learning. Through such social interactions, children go through a continuous process of learning.
We expand students’ understanding of emerging technologies and their applications through integrated interdisciplinary classes.
We teach a variety of subjects including STEM, Entrepreneurship, economics, and cultural studies. In all of our courses, we emphasize leadership and empathy with the 4 Cs: communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. These are the essential 21st-century skills that our students will need to be successful throughout their lives, no matter what their professional calling will be.
In UniVirtual.Academy we leverage the power of storytelling, game-based learning, and immersive technologies to boost engagement, unlock creativity, and increase retention.
We use participatory (active) educational methodologies that demonstrate higher material retention rates than traditional lecturing, reading, or video. Our instructional strategies include media presentations, simulation, jigsaws, discovery learning, quizzes, puzzles, group research, case studies, debate, peer-to-peer teaching, cross-assessment, storyboarding, role play, and project-based constructivism.
Our methodology is deeply rooted in constructivism: Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget. We follow their belief that social interactions play a critical role in children's learning. Through such social interactions, children go through a continuous process of learning.
We expand students’ understanding of emerging technologies and their applications through integrated interdisciplinary classes.
We teach a variety of subjects including STEM, Entrepreneurship, economics, and cultural studies. In all of our courses, we emphasize leadership and empathy with the 4 Cs: communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. These are the essential 21st-century skills that our students will need to be successful throughout their lives, no matter what their professional calling will be.