Overview of Mixed Reality Technology for an Improved Distance Learning Education in Nigeria

Education is said to be the this bedrock of the society, an agent of social engineering that aims to draw out ones inborn potentialities for personal and societal good but this viable too of socioeconomic development that have evolved from its primitive classroom, face-to-face teacher- learner interactions to a more dispersed distance learning paradigm where learner and teachers interact remotely has experienced a major setback as it is inhibited by the its inability to deliver practically oriented discipline like in the core sciences, engineering and others. This paper therefore reviews the evolution in distance learning in Nigeria in line with the sustainable development goal four (4) and proposes the implementation of mixed reality technology as a tool to bridge the gap between theoretical oriented distance learning program to an all-encompassing, interactive and engaging theory cum practical oriented distance learning approach that will provide the opportunity for student and learners to enrol for disciplines in the core sciences and engineering with practical hands-on virtual experience.