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TOVIES
R&D project – Virtual Learning
Vienna, AustriaTogether with the St. Pölten UAS, we are researching the development of a virtual learning environment that enables collaborative learning for young people and explores the opportunities of VR as an interactive teaching tool.
Together with the St. Pölten UAS, we are researching the development of a virtual learning environment that enables collaborative learning for young people and explores the opportunities of VR as an interactive teaching tool.
In Austria, VR has hardly been used as a learning space to date. Yet virtual environments offer new opportunities for knowledge transfer and collaborative learning. Interactive experiences using VR can, for example, visualise gender-sensitive content and break down stereotypical ways of thinking. For the three-year research project, we are developing a practical VR toolkit for the education and museum sector with the aim of promoting collaborative and self-efficacious learning for young people (aged 10-14).n.
Research questions
• How can VR environments strengthen the self-efficacy of young people?
• Which VR technologies are suitable for practical use in schools?
• Which design elements and narrative structures are particularly effective?
• How can museum content be conveyed in a gender-sensitive and interactive way?
• How can a flexible storytelling system be developed for VR?
Approach
• Prototypical implementation of a VR toolkit with open source technologies
• Participatory research with students, teachers & cultural mediators
• Playful & interactive design for intuitive use
We are looking for schools and museums as partners
Take your chance to help shape a practical and innovative educational concept. Take part in workshops/interviews on requirements elicitation or test the prototype of our VR toolkit. All information in the PDF for download: