We are really proud to be the part of this project and very honored to be in the same consortium with such experienced and creative partners. The first day of the project was the 15th of December 2022. The project is co-funded by EU and Erasmus+ Program. More information about the Project Results will be located here. The project’s team consists of the following 6 partners, all of whom have been involved in various training aspects in the area of vocational education and training. Somos Europa and Inercia Digital from SPAIN, UČILIŠTE STUDIUM and Life Quality Institute from Croatia 6th EPAL of Larissa and Prosvation From Greece. You can find more about them in this link. The Kick-off meeting was conducted on February 2023, in Granada, Spain. (Learn more here) On 20th of April. there was a Transnational Virtual meeting. (learn more here). The purpose of the meeting was to bring together VET Teachers and VET centers with VR Companies from the countries of Croatia, Spain, and Greece. Also, VR Companies from these countries Lithuania and Denmark, present their services, products, and previous projects (some of them were EU-funded) to potential users. In May 2023, Prosvation made a presentation at an event called Pint of Science about VR in VET Education. (Learn more here) We also had a fruitful Transnational Project Meeting in Osijek, Croatia, on the 22nd of August 2023. As a next step. the 3 VET Centers (6th VET School of Larissa, Inertia Digital, and Studium) that are members of the consortium, were purchased, and they are testing/using some equipment in their classrooms. On September 2023, greek VET teachers were trained in the 1st Training of Trainers (Greece), to use the purchased equipment, and they are ready to use that in their classrooms! In the meantime, in the framework of the 9th International Conference of EEPEK, for Promoting Educational Innovation, Prosvation presented a Literature Review (comparative research) on the state of the use of virtual reality in Vocational Education and Training. Learn more, here. Also, on the 19th of January 2024, the partners of the KA210 project (VETVRkit, co-funded by the European Union.) met virtually, with some experts in the VR sector. During this session, the consortium’s partners (organizations, VET schools/Trainers, and companies) discussed their experience in using VR equipment in their classes. You can learn more about the meeting, and watch it here. On the 20th of January 2024, the project was invited at Global Game Jam Larissa 2024, and the trained trainer, Mr Zisis Karavas (6th EPAL of Larissa, Greece) talked about gamified learning methods using VR technology. See the photos here. On the 6th of February 2024, Prosvation was invited to speak about the project’s challenges and potentials, at a 1day conference at the Municipal Gallery of Larissa. Mr Ioannis Gialamas presented the aim of the project and its future directions. Find our more. A few days later, on the 9th of March 2024, Mr. Giannis Gialamas, as a representative of the VETVRkit Erasmus+ project’s consortium, presented a scientific paper at the 5th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Digital Culture Heritage. On the 20th of April, the 2nd Training of Trainers took place virtually. On the 13th of May, a 3rd Virtual meeting took place. On the 30th of May, the first “Technology in Education meetup – VR Edition” was successfully organized by Prosvation, as a local multiplier event, intending to connect many trainers interested in VR in Education. Read more.