This floor provides virtual tools and services for education and scientific communities on a global scale. The facility offers integrated resources in a virtual networking and cooperative environment for collaboration, research, exhibition, networking, teaching and learning.

Renowned speakers, post-docs and graduate students will contribute lectures, posters and other materials for dissemination via IVI. Teachers can access IVI tools to communicate, train and exchange knowledge; while their students can share information, post projects, interact with peers and experts, and learn by taking web-based courses with references and links to other resource sites. A personalized mentoring system will support after-school learning and networking to enhance scientific literacy. As a start, IVI will collaborate with the NU-based Materials World Modules pre-college program.