{"id":2557,"date":"2026-03-26T09:13:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/exploring-virtual-reality-in-vocational-education-at-the-2nd-evening-vocational-high-school-of-ioannina\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:14:09","slug":"exploring-virtual-reality-in-vocational-education-at-the-2nd-evening-vocational-high-school-of-ioannina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/exploring-virtual-reality-in-vocational-education-at-the-2nd-evening-vocational-high-school-of-ioannina\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Virtual Reality in Vocational Education at the 2nd Evening Vocational High School of Ioannina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 5 March 2026, an interactive VR evaluation activity took place at the 2nd Evening Vocational High School of Ioannina, within the framework of the Erasmus+ project VRCARE.<\/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\u00a0organised\u00a0by the Directorate of Secondary Education of\u00a0Aitoloakarnania\u00a0as part of the project\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cVRCARE: Modernizing Healthcare Pedagogy with Virtual Reality for Interaction, Ethics, Stimulation and Sensory\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(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\">Students and teachers from Nursing and Early Childhood Care specialties\u00a0participated\u00a0in the activity, exploring how Virtual Reality can support the learning process.<\/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\">Using VR headsets, participants interacted with realistic scenarios based on professional situations. The experience encouraged active engagement and helped learners better understand real-life tasks.<\/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\">Student feedback confirmed the value of the approach. They described the experience as immersive and engaging, while also suggesting improvements such as more scenarios, enhanced visual quality, and increased access to VR equipment.<\/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 highlighted the strong potential of Virtual Reality to support vocational education through interactive and experience-based learning.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5 March 2026, an interactive VR evaluation activity took place at the 2nd Evening Vocational High School of Ioannina, within the framework of the Erasmus+ project VRCARE.\u00a0 The activity was\u00a0organised\u00a0by the Directorate of Secondary Education of\u00a0Aitoloakarnania\u00a0as part of the project\u00a0\u201cVRCARE: Modernizing Healthcare Pedagogy with Virtual Reality for Interaction, Ethics, Stimulation and Sensory\u201d\u00a0(Project Code: 2024-1-FI01-KA220-VET-000249151), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrcare-project.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}