VIRTUAL: Learning. Life. Work.

Abstract

Ever since the pandemic, digitalisation has increased rapidly, especially in the field of education. In recent years, advances in enabling chronically ill students’ participation in school have been made. To be more precise, some initiatives, like for instance ABILITI, have tried to seek solutions for students who are too ill to attend school. In fact, a concept was devised where chronically ill students could, despite their physical absence, take part in day-to-day classroom activities by means of a robot that was equipped with a camera and microphone, and that was able to move around in the classroom. My presentation aims to shed light on this initiative.