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Co-design FE HE Thought leadership

Virtual Innovation Hub – Why did we build it?

Welcome to the second blog on the Virtual Innovation Hub. If you missed the first, feel free to catch up before reading on.   Our interest in creating a 3D digital world grew out of research on the metaverse that the team completed in 2022. The conclusion was that the Metaverse as popularly advanced in […]

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Co-design FE HE Thought leadership

Introducing the Virtual Innovation Hub

  This year, the Jisc innovation team did something we had never done before: created an immersive 3D digital world.     The Virtual Innovation Hub (Or VIH as we tend to call it) is a proof of concept containing four zones. Each zone is dedicated to a particular theme that we have been exploring […]

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Co-design edtech

Supporting students to connect with their peers

The R&D team at Jisc is working on a potential new product that we’re currently calling Peer Connect.  Peer Connect will be an app for learners who are predominantly studying online to connect with others on their course. Aimed at all students, national and international, Peer Connect will adopt a “privacy first” approach allowing students […]