Technologies like virtual reality, especially for Gen Z students’, provides avenues that allow them to engage in a social, collaborative, and active learning environment.

The theory of constructivist-based learning is even more powerful when placed in a social and immersive context like that provided by virtual reality.

Virtual reality allows the student to participate in the story, develop empathy to experiences outside their current realm of understanding and allows them to be fully immersed in their own exploration and learning.

“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

While it’s still a relatively new technology being used in an educational context, there are already some really great VR experiences available for use in the classroom.

Here are a few of my top picks for VRedu experiences in the classroom.