The Educational and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy” received equipment for a VR/AR studio under the project “UEPA VR/AR Laboratory: Towards the Implementation of Immersive Technologies in Higher Education Institutions and Vocational Schools of Ukraine” from the Romanian Kronospan Foundation as part of the International Skill.ED Project Competition.
The aim of the project is to create a modern educational platform for higher and vocational education, which will expand the research activities of the UEPA faculty, involve teachers and students of vocational education and training institutions in this activity as part of professional development, cooperation, international interaction and the development of new modern experience with VR/AR.
The VR/AR laboratory provides for the creation of a unique innovative environment on the basis of specially prepared premises of the Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies of the ERI UEPA, equipped with modern VR/AR devices for the development and presentation of VR/AR content, which expands the possibilities of studying technological processes, organising virtual case studies by teachers and students.
The KRONOSPAN Foundation has funded the purchase of specialised equipment for the laboratory for a total of EUR 7,215, including:
- 5 sets of VR helmets Meta Quest 3;
- a working personal computer for the creation of virtual spaces;
- Acer Nitro 5 laptop;
- additional accessories for the helmets.
The project was developed by the specialists of the Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies of the ERI UEPA together with Denys Borysenko, Associate Professor of the Department of Food Technologies, Light Industry and Design, and Roman Nesterenko, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department of Karazin University. With the active assistance of the Director of the Educational and Research Institute “Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy” of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Professor Denys Kovalenko, co-financing was provided for the purchase of equipment and the repair of a special VR/AR studio room is being completed, where classes will be held using the equipment.
The VR/AR studio will operate on the basis of the Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies of the ERI UEPA, and will be administered by the centre's specialists Kseniia Fediai and Oleksandr Prysiazhnyi.
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