Microsoft’s participation in GESS Dubai 2021 comes just weeks after Expo 2020 Dubai collaborated with the company to launch an immersive Minecraft platform for exploring the Expo site, demonstrating how the future of blended learning can extend beyond classroom walls.
The Minecraft: Education Edition, aimed at students from kindergarten to grade 12, offers lesson plans for teachers to use in their classrooms, allowing students the chance to further explore Expo 2020 Dubai’s subthemes and the ways in which they can build a more sustainable world. Lesson topics range from artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to culture and the study of migration. All lessons link back to the Expo 2020 world, whether as part of an activity asking students to build something new inside the site or conducting research on some of the structures and pavilions.
