Education Today and Tomorrow: Exploring the Metaverse with AWS

calendar_today Date:	24 June 2022 (Friday)
schedule Time:	11:30 am – 12:30 pm
location_on Venue:	Online through Zoom
record_voice_over Speaker:	Mr. Chris Wang Business Development Manager, Startups Amazon Web Services
class Moderator:	Professor Kong Siu Cheung Professor, Department of Mathematics & Information Technology Director, Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology The Education University of Hong Kong
language Language:	English

Participation in this seminar can be counted towards the Certificate Course, “Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education” under the theme “Seminars/Workshops in Learning and Teaching”.

Abstract

For the first time ever, we are entering the metaverse—an interconnected digital world that seamlessly integrates physical and virtual spaces. As we are still on the cusp of discovering all the different ways that the metaverse will revolutionize education, it’s an intriguing moment to explore the advantages, opportunities, and challenges that the metaverse will bring to education. In this keynote address, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will share: (1) What the metaverse means for education; (2) AWS’s involvement in the current metaverse; and (3) Envisioning the future of the metaverse for education.

Speaker

Mr. Chris Wang

Business Development Manager, Startups
Amazon Web Services