We wanted to achive the following objectives: 1) Design and implement VRLEs tailored to HEI needs. 2) Author a manual with comprehensive guidelines on how to effectively utilize VRLE affordances to set up university lectures as well as a Toolkit to support them. 3) Upskill HEI teaching staff and students in the use of innovative technology-enabled educational approaches (Multiplier events + training activities)
Studies have demonstrated the capacity of VRLEs to enhance the student learning process and course learning outcomes, mainly due to their positive impact on student performance and engagement. Anyhow the use of VRLEs in real educational environments was and is still very limited. There is a need for Higher Education (HE) teachers to adapt VR environments to their teaching. Therefore we applied for REVEALING and addressed the following needs: - investigating the effectiveness of VRLEs in the context of HEI education, as a means for addressing the shortcomings of synchronous online education through enhancing the sense of ‘togetherness’ - providing technological means to support engaging and experiential learning activities. Therefore we used the VRChat platform to support the creation of free-to-use HEI-tailored VRLEs. Our project has provided a solution under VR Classroom so HE teachers can develop the competence and access technology to be able to design the VR environment they need for their students.