Learning Environments

Abstract

This chapter addresses changes in learning environments from primarily brick and mortar buildings to include online learning platforms, MOOCs, blended learning spaces, and virtual worlds. Learning management systems, virtual reality, and a plethora of technological tools have revolutionized education allowing schools and universities to offer distance courses and degrees entirely online and constructive learning experiences for students using innovative tools in creative spaces. Advantages and disadvantages of these various environments are discussed along with predictions for the future. Metamodern digital citizens may encounter rich learning experiences physically face-to-face or virtually through immersion in 3D simulated environments, requiring metaliteracy to communicate, collaborate, construct knowledge, and make sense of our rapidly changing world.