«UEPA VR/AR LABORATORY: TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS OF UKRAINE» PROJECT
Project № 1674
UEPA VR/AR Laboratory: Towards the Implementation of Immersive Technologies in Higher Education and Vocational Schools of Ukraine
Priority: Development of higher and vocational education.
Duration of the project: 01.01.2024-31.05.2025
Sponsorship: FOUNDATION «FUNDATIA KRONOSPAN»
Partners:
The main partners include representatives of the vocational education sector - State Educational Institution "Regional Center of Professional Education of Sewing Technologies and Services of Kharkiv region", State Educational Institution ‘Kharkiv Higher Vocational School of Services’, Liubotyn Vocational Lyceum of Railway Transport, State Educational Institution ‘Kupiansk Regional Centre for Vocational Education’ and other vocational educational institutions of Kharkiv Region (more than 30 institutions in line with the existing network).
Target group: Teachers and professors of ERI “UEPA”, ERI “UEPA” students, teachers and students of VET institutions, as well as people interested in retraining, advanced training and mastering virtual technologies in education.
Project goal:
The creation of a modern educational platform for higher and vocational education will allow expanding the research activities of the ERI “UEPA” academic an teaching staff, involving students, as well as teachers and students of VET institutions in this activity as part of professional development, cooperation, international interaction and the development of new modern experience with VR/AR.
Key idea of the project:
Developing a modern concept for supporting vocational education in Ukraine using immersive methods and virtual technologies, creating a unique innovation laboratory with subsequent internships for teachers of vocational education institutions, training students and pupils, holding educational and scientific events, and retraining future professionals.
Main project activities:
– development of an educational platform based on ERI “UEPA” with involvement in the development and implementation of virtual and augmented reality technologies, and the use of immersive learning technologies;
– forming a modern concept of support for vocational education in Ukraine with the use of immersive methods and virtual technologies, creating a unique innovation laboratory with further training on its basis for teachers of vocational education institutions, teaching students and pupils, conducting educational and scientific events, and retraining future specialists;
– creation of an innovative concept of educational excellence and leadership development in professional universities within the framework of immersive learning technologies and with the aim of creating appropriate teaching and learning support;
– implementation of a modular (certification) programme for the professional development of Ukrainian teachers.
As a result of the project, it is planned to implement a number of innovative educational projects in the field of vocational education, improve the level of educational and scientific development of the teaching staff of the institution, develop modern educational content based on VR/AR for its further implementation in the educational process, master modern innovative technologies and study the practical aspects of their implementation.
