Unlocking the Potential of Virtual, Immersive, and Personalized Teaching and Learning

Using technology-based approaches such as virtual, immersive and personalised teaching/learning techniques has become a new trend in learners' rapidly evolving educational landscape. These strategies are useful in enhancing participation, understanding, and practical application of knowledge as the need for business literacy grows and technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread in today’s society.
Virtual Learning: Beyond The Boundaries

Virtual education eliminates geographical constraints and offers students a practically infinite resource of information and various study materials from all corners of the Earth. They can engage in spirited discussions with fellow students contribute to group projects, or even converse with professionals asynchronously – all of which can occur without physically having to step out. In addition, decision-making settings can be practised by using stepping virtual simulations where students can experiment with their business decisions in conditions that are fairly realistic but safe.
Immersive Experiences: Exploring the Link between Theory and Practice
Virtual environments including Virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) close the gap between theory and practice by offering actual corporate scenarios for the student to simulate. By using virtual boardrooms, market simulations or any other strategic planning exercise, students can improve their understanding of complex concepts and even gain actual practice without exposure to actual risks. Another advantage of immersion learning is that it fosters the development of cultural sensitivity, passion, and the ability to understand different perspectives on specific business situations.
Personalized Learning: Alternative Learning to Make Success

With the help of personalisation, students can get an opportunity to choose the type of education which will be more appropriate for them according to their needs, what they are interested in and how they learn. Flexible learning environments and knowledge-driven recommendations allow its tutors to introduce individualized programs, assignments, and feedback to assist all students and direct them to the right course. Furthermore, personalised learning promotes responsibility and autonomy in learning with the continued guidance of the teacher. For example, a student may go deeper into his/her specialisation or areas of interest, or skip through chapters in a book at his/her own pace he/she may like.
Challenges
While it is obvious that some benefits may flow from immersive, virtual, and customised teaching for students, several challenges exist that need to be addressed so as to increase the opportunities created by the mentioned forms. Some of the items to consider include the technical facilities, navigation, and digital competency due to the fact that not all learners would have the same level of access or skills necessary in those virtual environments. Moreover, confidence and credibility in the academic community can only be adequately protected if the integrity and security of virtual learning institutional platforms are also preserved.
Conclusion: Shaping the Future of Business Education
The practice of such forms of virtual, immersion and personalized teaching and learning consequently highlights the change of the paradigm in education in today’s integrated and changing business environment. These enhanced methods help teachers bring up a new generation of business individuals capable of providing their enterprise with the skills, knowledge, and adaptability that are essential in today’s fast-evolving world. The continuous possibilities of learning experiences in business education will evidently be shifted in the future because of the interconnected physical and virtual environments as well as the ever improvement in technologies.

Author:

Dr. Hemanth Kumar S
Dean, AIMS School of Business,
AIMS Institutes,Bangalore