In the future, many people will produce and publish their own fully interactive (i.e., video game based learning) education channel or online school. This is the future of education.
We’ve already seen similar industrywide shifts. Publishing turned into blogs. TV and cinema turned into YouTube and Vimeo, in addition to the various streaming services. Journalism turned into Twitter feeds. It’s education’s turn.
The shift in education may be on a large platform similar Twitter or YouTube, or it may be semi-decentralized or white label, similar to how most blogs are currently published on WordPress. I’m guessing it’ll be the latter, since game development is closer to website development than video production in complexity.
Initially, these personalized, interactive micro-schools will all be 2D. However, we’ll soon start seeing more and more learning experiences, courses, and schools being built using various XR technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed/merged reality (MR), and interactive 360-degree video.
Regardless of how the shift in education will look, it’s coming. Given the rapid changes we’re currently seeing in schools and communication due to the pandemic, quarantine, and recession, the future may come sooner than we realize.
Want to be ready for this shift, or even benefit from it? Start learning video game development and other eLearning technologies now. Take tutorials in Unity or Unreal Engine game development software. Get good at interactive video production and general website programming. Buy a 360-degree camera and a VR or AR head-mounted display (HMD) and start creating your own XR experiences. People who learn to create with these technologies now will be superstars in the coming years.