The overall aim of the project Virtual Reality in Teaching (VirTrain) is to bring virtual reality directly to the hands of teachers to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in VET.
One of the key outputs of the project is this website providing methodological support and downloadables for anyone interested in the subject matter.
We are now preparing the re-launch od this website as a one-stop-shop. To access the online course please register here.
Our approach and goals
The use of a “low-threshold” approach to the introduction of virtual reality into pedagogical practice, providing practical experience with technologies so that VET professionals can become familiar with their various forms.
Making available the availability of virtual reality in the sub-area of acquiring language skills in vocational education for a wide professional audience.
Making this promising new approach available in everyday practice.
Activities
- Reality mapping to inform language education professionals about the usability of virtual reality.
- Development of original methodology for virtual reality courses.
- Purpose-built course for teachers.
- Database of virtual reality lessons.
- Final methodology: How to teach professional language skills in virtual reality.
- Multilingual One-Stop-Shop website – everything for virtual reality in vocational education and training from beginners to experts (all project materials and results available in one place).
- Online course in Moodle July-August 2021
- Face to face course for 15 teachers from Italy, Spain and Czechia (5 for each country) from 8. or 9.9. 2021, 4 days in nice Moravia wine region
- Post online course in the autumn
- Teachers will prepare their own lessons in VR 1st half 2022
- Multiplier DisCo Conference 2022
- National multiplier events September 2022 – February 2023
- Final Metaverse Event – February 2023
Partners
Leading partner: Sdružení profesního terciárního vzdělávání, z.s., Czechia
C.I.F.P. ARMERIA ESKOLA L.H.I.I., Spain
PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO, Italy
Moravian Training Institute, s.r.o. Czechia,
Associated partner: TKNIKA, Spain
Supporting partner: Immerse.online, U.S.A.
VirTrain News
Unexpected Challenges = Opportunities For The VirtTrain project
The VirTrain project has been a subject to fast changes of the VR EdTech landscape. To keep the pace the project team needs to make amendments to the envisioned structure and content of the project. And quite happily so! Anything can happen in the virtual...
VirTrain @ Global VR Symposium
A global event organized by our supporting partner of VirTrain - Californian strartup Immerse.online brought together researchers focusing at language acquisition in VR. Immerse.online is a leading producer of a purpose-built VR App for language teaching and learning....
VirTrain @ DisCo 2022 
Our project had a significant amount of presence at the prestigeous Central-European academic EdTech conference DisCo Conference (19th -21st June 2022) in Prague, Czechia. Panel discussion among the VirTrain project team and VET language specialists led by Dr,...
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