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New virtual reality tool created by students brings the ocean to the Prairies

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Two University of Saskatchewan students won a competition after creating a metaverse to teach people in prairie provinces about our oceans.

graduate students pitched the idea of a metaverse for their final project, they never expected to win a competition and present to the United Nations . Sustainable Development Goals for their Sustainability Teaching and Learning Through Design & Tech nology course. The duo chose SDG 14: Life Below Water, a goal to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources.

“It was just the thought of our students being from the prairies, being landlocked, lots of our students not ever being to the ocean, so they maybe don’t understand what’s really going on out there,” Moskalyk said during an interview Thursday. “I think that it’s just really important for teachers and people in educational development roles to try to be innovative with their approaches and try to build engaging opportunities for students.

“It was just a learning curve on how to bring those assets in and set them up in a way for it to be easy for students to use.”When Moskalyk and Lamoureux finished their project, their professor encouraged them to apply for the Metaverse for Sustainable Development Goals Global Prize and Virtual Reality Competition.Story continues below advertisement

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