{"id":2444,"date":"2026-02-26T09:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/virtual-reality-applications-in-vocational-education-at-the-evening-vocational-high-school-of-igoumenitsa-greece\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:12:25","slug":"virtual-reality-applications-in-vocational-education-at-the-evening-vocational-high-school-of-igoumenitsa-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/virtual-reality-applications-in-vocational-education-at-the-evening-vocational-high-school-of-igoumenitsa-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality Applications in Vocational Education at the Evening Vocational High School of Igoumenitsa, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 6 February 2026, a training session on Virtual Reality (VR) applications in vocational education took place at the Evening Vocational High School of Igoumenitsa, Greece.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The activity was organised by the Directorate of Secondary Education of Aitoloakarnania within the framework of the Erasmus+ KA220-VET project VRCARE: Modernizing Healthcare Pedagogy with Virtual Reality for Interaction, Ethics, Stimulation and Sensory (Project Code: 2024-1-FI01-KA220-VET-000249151), co-funded by the European Union.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The session was hosted at the school unit of the Directorate of Secondary Education of Thesprotia, with the active support of the school Director, Mr. Spyridon Tzokas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Twelve teachers and students participated in the training. The discussion focused on the practical use of VR in the Health, Welfare, and Wellbeing sector. Emphasis was placed on creating realistic simulations of professional environments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Participants explored VR equipment, tested virtual scenarios, and examined ways to integrate this technology into everyday teaching. The exchange that followed addressed both the pedagogical value and the technical and organisational requirements for systematic VR use in schools.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Particular attention was given to aligning virtual simulations with real workplace demands. This approach strengthens experiential learning and supports skills development.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Through initiatives like this, VRCARE promotes the digital modernisation of vocational education by combining technology with sound pedagogical design.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 6 February 2026, a training session on Virtual Reality (VR) applications in vocational education took place at the Evening Vocational High School of Igoumenitsa, Greece.\u00a0 The activity was organised by the Directorate of Secondary Education of Aitoloakarnania within the framework of the Erasmus+ KA220-VET project VRCARE: Modernizing Healthcare Pedagogy with Virtual Reality for Interaction, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-el"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}