{"id":6073,"date":"2025-04-29T11:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundationmetaverse.eu\/education-metaverse-manifesto-2025"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:31:46","slug":"education-metaverse-manifesto-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foundationmetaverse.eu\/en\/education-metaverse-manifesto-2025","title":{"rendered":"Education metaverse &#8211; Manifesto 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Foundation Metaverse Europe Manifesto for a free, enlightened and human-centered education<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preamble<\/h3>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Education is the key to freedom.<\/strong><br\/>In the age of digitalization, artificial intelligence and global challenges, we recognize the need to rethink education: not just as the transmission of knowledge, but as the awakening of awareness, responsibility and critical thinking.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The Education Metaverse Initiative is committed to being a platform where technology like XR and AI <strong>serve people<\/strong> &#8211; not replace or manipulate them.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principles of our educational ethics<\/h3>\n\n<p><strong>1. technology serves people<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>All developments in the educational metaverse initiative are geared towards the goal of promoting the individual freedom, dignity and creativity of learners.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>2. education promotes critical thinking, not blind consumption<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Learning means asking questions, questioning perspectives and developing independent judgment &#8211; not just memorizing facts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>3. global literacy is an integral part of all education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Every learning journey in the educational metaverse initiative strengthens the understanding of global connections: capital, technology, media power and ethical responsibility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>4. diversity is wealth, not a threat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Different cultures, perspectives and world views are respected, made visible and integrated into learning processes as an enrichment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>5. transparency creates trust<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Content, algorithms and decision-making processes in the educational metaverse are comprehensible and open &#8211; for learners, teachers and partners.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>6 Lifelong learning is a right for all<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Access to education does not end with school or work. The Bildungsmetaverse initiative enables learning as a lifelong, self-determined path. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>7 Ethics is not an add-on &#8211; it is the core<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Technology decisions, learning modules and partnerships are always reviewed according to ethical criteria:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do they promote freedom?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do they serve the truth?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do they strengthen the human community?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>8. learners are active creators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Learners are not passive consumers &#8211; they are co-creators and co-responsible for the development of the educational metaverse initiative.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br\/>Our promise<\/h3>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>We are building a world in which knowledge does not control, but liberates.<br\/>In which technology does not dominate, but serves.<br\/>In which education does not limit, but empowers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>We invite everyone &#8211; learners, teachers, developers, partners, courageous thinkers, creative minds and free spirits &#8211; to join us in making this vision a reality.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>29.4.2025<br\/>Maren Courage and Oliver Autumn, <br\/>Directors of the Metaverse Europe Foundation  <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foundationmetaverse.eu\/en\/our-education-metaverse-initiative-promoting-digital-competence-strengthening-soft-skills-for-a-future-proof-generation-in-europe\">Directly to the education metaverse initiative<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foundation Metaverse Europe Manifesto for a free, enlightened and human-centered education Preamble Education is the key to freedom.In the age of digitalization, artificial intelligence and global challenges, we recognize the need to rethink education: not just as the transmission of knowledge, but as the awakening of awareness, responsibility and critical thinking. 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