An innovative virtual reality educational environment for school physics education - WORLD-OF-PHYSICS (2016-1-CY01-KA201-017371)

Strategic Partnerships - KA2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Website: worldofphysics.etcenter.eu

 

The main aim of the proposed project is to assist students in better studying and learning physics with the utilization of new educational technologies. Specifically, a 3D virtual reality educational environment will be developed possessing innovative educational infrastructure, and offering immersive and efficient learning opportunities, engaging students in various educational activities, learning scenarios and offering students an attractive, entertaining and efficient way to learn various topics of the challenging domain of physics.

The main aim of the proposed project is to assist students in better studying and learning physics with the utilization of new educational technologies. Specifically, a 3D virtual reality educational environment will be developed possessing innovative educational infrastructure, and offering immersive and efficient learning opportunities, engaging students in various educational activities, learning scenarios and offering students an attractive, entertaining and efficient way to learn various topics of the challenging domain of physics. The students will have the ability to virtually visit laboratories, perform experiments, explore procedures and phenomena, examine the ways that are conducted and also be guided towards analyzing and explaining them through the scientific method. The virtual educational environment and the laboratories will be designed in a way that supports students to form appropriate mental models of involved concepts, by visualizing them and allowing interactions with the virtual phenomena and processes. When students learn new abstract concepts it is quite hard without appropriate connection to concrete examples.

The project is promoted by the University of Cyprus (CY) and has as partners: University of Patras (GR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IT), Asociatia Centrul de Training European (RO), New Edu n.o. (SK) and Computer Technology Institute & Press Diophantus (GR).