Virtrain One-Stop-Shop
Resources for an easy start with Virtual Reality in your language-teaching practice in the cotext of Vocational Education & Training
The Virtrain project consortium produced the following intellectual outoputs. They are now fully at your disposal in this One-Stop Shop. You can watch some 360° videos on the VirTrain Youtube VR channel, go through the introductory course in Moodle or go straight ahead and apply the Virtrain methodology using some of the sample lesson-plans prepared by your fellow language teachers from Italy, Czechia and The Basque Country.
3D Virtual Venue: Virtrain @Spatial.io
Do you want to try out meeting with your students in a 3D virtual environment so that a PC, mobile or(!) a VR headset can be used with no complicated installs or massive downloads? Try out Spatial.io! We even prepared a Virtrain room for you toexperiment and practice. Claim your avatar and metaverse home on this link: Virtrain Spatial Venue
Youtube VR Channel
It wasn’t until we got to about the half the Virtrain project that we realized that 360° video and photography have a growing potential for our target group. Thanks to decreasing price-level of necessary equipment it is now possible for VET professionals (not only language teachers) to make 360° videos from relevant places and bring the experience to their students adding the element of situated learning into their own methodological mix.
You can follow the Virtrain Youtube VR Channel here.
Sample Lesson Plans & Footage
Teachers from the three partner countries developed 16 VR lesson plans from over 10 different fields piloted in classrooms on the institutional level.
You can use the Virtrain trainees’ sugegstions as a vantage point for your own development of VR-enhanced classes or just go ahead and try out of one of the featured lessons.
In the openly accessible folder on the right you will find:
– Lesson plans from the VET areas of hospitality, healthcare, technology, automotive
– Authentic photos and videos from the experimental VR-enhanced lessons run by participating teachers in the actual classes
Custom developed VET-focused 360°VR experiences
We proudly present this set of interactive 360° scenarios as a part Virtrain materials for immediate use in the VET language teaching context. You can use them on VR headsets, but also simply on a PC or a mobile – just click them an see for your self!
Virtrain Methodology
Teachers from the three partner countries developed 16 VR lesson plans from over 10 different fields piloted in classrooms on the institutional level.
You can use the Virtrain trainees’ sugegstions as a vantage point for your own development of VR-enhanced classes or just go ahead and try out of one of the featured lessons…
Train-The-Trainer Course
The key result of the project was a teacher training blended course aimed at providing technical and pedagogical support for teachers to develop immersive worlds and games for language learning. They were shown how to construct methodologically sound learning activities and devise well-rounded lesson plans that fit within their respective curricula.
