Virtual reality platforms to support decision-making in multilevel educational systems

Abstract

The authors endeavor to develop an approach toward designing academic digital shadows and twins for efficient management of educational processes in training professionals in the real-time mode, as well as for strategic and immediate decisions. They suggest a model for direct management of multilevel educational processes and development of individual educational trajectories (IET) through using digital twins (DT) within the educational process in the years 3–4, master’s programs, and within the framework of continuing professional education. The general concept of DT application in educational organization is developed, i. e. student-oriented model with IET as a core. The authors also examine IET as an instrument of mobile and rapid re-engineering of educational processes scaled t o t he a ctual n eeds o f t he e conomy a nd e mployers’ c urrent d emands; as well as general approaches to IET support, in particular, through online educational technologies and virtual educational platforms and resources. The virtual reality platforms may be used in distance learning when developing IET in multilevel educational systems. The authors compare several virtual reality platforms, metauniverses, their tools and applications in educational processes.