Covid-19 has allowed us to see the possibility of the nature of physical classrooms coming to an end. I believe that we will begin to see classrooms as environments within Virtual Reality (VR) technologies relatively soon. When the time travelling individual, mentioned in the introduction, travels to 2035, I doubt they will see VR classrooms everywhere. However, it is likely to be growing in popularity.
VR is very intelligent technology which would be a great addition to education. Pupils would be able to view a three-dimensional (3D) classroom, or the whole school, in live time, from their homes. The VR environment does not always have to be a classroom, the barrier walls of a school environment can be broken down by this technology. If a class was learning about Ancient Rome, they would have the possibility, at no extra cost, to virtually transport themselves to the Roman Colosseum, using that as their ‘classroom’ (Christou, 2010).
One of the greatest advancements to VR in recent years is its adaptability to be used via mobile phones, this is only relatively recently possible. It is immensely exciting to think where VR will have progressed to by 2035. Currently, VR is capable of transporting its users to outer space, where they can experience the size and scale of planets, something impossible to experience through face-to-face learning within the walls of a school (Hussein and Nätterdal, 2015). This shows how classical teaching methods are not simply being replaced by technology, they are being developed in order to provide more inventive and engaging ways to teach and learn with the modern facilities available (Turoff, 1995).