Phenomenological toolkit of the metaverse for medical informatics’ adaptive learning

Abstract

IntroductionThe concept of "adaptive learning systems" assumes development and implementation of personalized learning platforms that adapt to students’ learning strategies, the sequence and difficulty of the task abilities, the time of feedback and students’ preferences. Metaverse technologies can implement adaptive personalized learning to a greater extent due to the possibilities of wider application of student-oriented technologies and provision of rational support for personal educational progress, taking into account individual characteristics. Material and methodsThe article describes the phenomenological toolkit of the metaverse based on the Microsoft solution to ensure adaptive learning of medical informatics, taking into account modern technologies. ResultsTwo components of the implementation of adaptive learning with Medical Informatics are suggested: (1) creating responsive, professionally relevant learning content that spans simulated accurate digital models of the real world and augmented reality, (2) creation of a metaverse virtual environment for the organization of immersive adaptive learning based on a combination of personally oriented design and productive interaction.Our choice of the Microsoft solution assumes the possibility of implementing in the educational environment of the metaverse such educational tools as voice virtual assistants with artificial intelligence support (Microsoft Bot solution), Internet of things for education and generating educational data (Azure IoT, Power Platform), mirror worlds of educational destination (Microsoft Twins), augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (Microsoft Mesh, Microsoft HoloLens, Dynamics 365 Guides). ConclusionThe proposed solutions of Microsoft make it possible to ensure high functionality in a number of issues when building a student-oriented virtual environment of the metaverse for adaptive and authentic learning.