Immerse Learning

Article summary

Immerse Learning (formerly called Languagelab.com) is an English school based in an online virtual world. It is the first school that teaches exclusively online in a virtual environment; students and teachers use avatars to navigate the environment and take part in lessons. Lessons are also completely contextual, which is in direct contradiction to the traditional classroom system. In 2016, Immerse moved their focus away from desktop training to developing a VR platform aimed at large enterprises that need to scale their VR training across multiple locations and users.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. employees: 80 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the employees is "80 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359546049