This course examines the concepts of telepresence and digital avatars both from a technical and theoretical standpoint in the framework of remote Virtual Teaching and Learning. It questions our habitual use of video conferencing softwares (Zoom, Facetime, Whatsapp and the like) which seems to define our everyday communications in the post-pandemic world. These tools result from a natural evolution of the telephone, merged with a rather classical view of how teaching is done in a classroom; there are one size-fit-all solutions. Speculative design methodologies will be used to uncover the opportunities for novel and original ways to connect emotionally and cognitively at a distance, departing from these traditional platforms but also from the other one-size-fit-all solutions such as the "Metaverse" where people could meet virtually to perpetrate, once again, the old paradigm of the teacher and students in a classroom.