The team of the sustainable partnership between the Western University of Timișoara and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, which carries out the collaborative project SEE 21-COP-0004 BRINGING REAL LIFE INTO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS, which aims at the challenges faced by higher education institutions in which academic activities have been carried out online, continuously, for over two years (March 2020 – March 2022), invite you to the project's press conference, which will take place Friday, 11.03.2022 from 11.00, in online format (Google Meet connection link: meet.google.com/dzy-bhsj-coj )
The approach of this project aims to address the specific challenges of students and teachers who had to carry out activities in the virtual environment without having the necessary level of knowledge, ability and previous practice to use digital skills for educational purposes and thus, the project Bringing Real Life into Virtual Classrooms aims to develop innovative practical solutions for learning in virtual classrooms.
Objective 1: Improving the quality of education in the digital age in universities
Objective 2: Strengthening cooperation between education and the world of work
Objective 3: Increase teaching and learning mobilities between universities
Transnational learning activities will integrate 94 students, teaching staff, researchers and exponents of the world of work – local experts, employers, recruitment and labor mediation agencies, as well as a Norwegian company developing technological solutions for the use of VR / AR in education.
Students will practice and develop transversal skills that increase competitiveness on the labor market and employment opportunities: digital skills, social skills, international experience, work in cross-disciplinary and multicultural teams, autonomy, professional integrity and orientation to the needs of the community.
The teaching staff and researchers from the VR-classrooms team will use the transnational learning activities for the development of innovative learning and teamwork practices, using advanced technologies of effective remote representation and communication (VR / AR type).
INFO: Implementation period: 15/02/2022 – 30/09/2023, website: www.ClassroomLab.uvt.ro, email: melinda.dinca@e-uvt.ro
