Federico II University of Naples is the first Italian university to start experimenting with Hybrid Learning Spaces, integrated solution developed by Hevolus Innovation and Microsoft Italia for participatory and laboratory teaching in mixed reality. The acceleration of digitization processes in recent months has in fact highlighted the opportunities that more digital teaching can generate, in terms of access to innovative content and unprecedented learning experiences, preparatory to the acquisition of new skills. This is the so-called Hybrid Didactics, that is an approach to learning where physical and digital integrate and coexist effectively, giving life to something new and with greater potential.
In this context it was born Hybrid Learning Spaces, real immersive virtual classrooms which allow you to introduce a new educational model that can be used both remotely and in person, through lessons and support for holographic workshops. The University of Naples is the first in Italy to experiment with the solution in the didactic fields, both scientific and humanistic.
The solution Hybrid Learning Spaces is perfectly in line with what was announced by the Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during Ignite 2021 – the main Microsoft conference dedicated to the Enterprise world – or making it available to public and private realities Cloud-based solutions to realize the metaverse, with the aim of enabling shared experiences between the physical and digital world.
“New technologies, smart devices and a hybrid approach now allow educational institutions to respond to the ongoing paradigm change with an interactive and multidisciplinary experiential model capable of placing the student at the center, involving him personally and stimulating his spirit of initiative. We are convinced that this project developed together with Microsoft can help the Education and Training sector to approach young people in a new way also by providing specific skills on team collaboration techniques that are fundamental in the world of work – he explains Antonio Squeo, CIO of Hevolus Innovation, a digital company specialized in phygital customer experience and owned by the Italia Venture II Fund – Fondo Imprese Sud, managed by CDP Venture Capital SGR.
“We are in a crucial phase for our country, a historical moment of great changes and opportunities where we return to focus on young people, the real engine of our country’s future growth, investing in their training and in the development of new skills. In this scenario, digital has a key role as an enabler of new hybrid teaching experiences and new technologies can help accelerate this transformation already underway; the new solution developed in collaboration with Hevolus is a concrete demonstration of this. The Federico II University of Naples has embarked on a path of innovation and digital transformation with Microsoft for some time now and the experimentation of this solution confirms the desire not only to continue but to accelerate this path and thus allow today’s students to become ready professionals to face the challenges of the near future ”he commented Elvira Carzaniga, Director of the Education Division of Microsoft Italy.