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Stephen Downes

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I actually think it's far from proven that the five things listed here are myths, but it seems relevant to advance the discussion. For example, the investment in immersive learning is significant ($26.05 billion in 2020), and we should talk about that, but a large investment does not entail that it's not a fad. Also for example, it's probably an overgeneralization to say immersive reality "does" or "doesn't actually improve learning". The third myth rebutted is that immersive reality is "expensive and inaccessible for SMEs." Well, it is expensive. It may be true that "immersive learning almost always works out to be significantly cheaper than traditional in-person learning," which is also expensive. But that's not the only alternative. These are all issues that should be discussed, but they haven't been resolved just yet.

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