Virtual Reality in Primary School Education
A trip to outer space or a dangerous experiment in chemistry class. These are just a two of the many examples of the use of virtual reality (VR) in a pilot project aimed at primary schools in Pilsen, specifically the Bolevecka Primary School and the 14th Primary School in Doubravka. With this project, the City of Pilsen aims to provide students with unusual experiences and make teaching more interesting, so that students learn knowledge in a playful way.
Aims of the project:
- To integrate VR into the primary school teaching process.
- To create, test and debug a set of chemistry experiments for use in primary schools.
- To provide technical and pedagogical support to teachers using VR in urban schools.
- To negotiate licensing terms for the use of VR in city established primary schools.
Results of the project:
- After a year of development, testing and debugging, VR was deployed for pilot testing at Bolevecka, 14th and 25th primary schools in Pilsen.
The schools in question were equipped with the necessary technology from the city’s resources (15 Oculus 2 VR glasses per school, teaching programmes, methodological sheets, etc.).
A licence agreement was signed with the CIE Group (the supplier of the solution), which allows the use of all available tutorials/experiments in all primary and secondary schools in the Pilsen region free of charge.
A further development plan for 2022/23 is being prepared (additional tutorials/experiments, inclusion of other schools).
The Centre of Robotics provides the necessary pedagogical and technical support to teachers who will use VR in their teaching. It also popularises the use of VR for other schools, including the inclusion of VR in leisure education.
The City of Pilsen is cooperating with the CIE Group, a European leader in the development of virtual reality applications in the healthcare sector and virtual reality training in areas of high expertise.
The City of Pilsen is the first in Europe to introduce virtual reality as a standard teaching tool in primary schools.
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