Digital Learning Materials for Sustainable Textile Education (Vir2TEX) Project is co-funded by European Commission and Turkish National Agency (TNA) within the Erasmus+ programme in the amount of EUR  124.385

Context

The Vir2TEX project partnership will develop new learning materials created by digital technologies for delivering high-quality education. The aim of the project is integrating technology into courses to engage students in immersive learning experiences whether teaching in class or remotely.

This project explores the potential of virtual reality (VR) for deepening understanding and enhancing learner engagement by eliminating the screen and placing learners in the middle of real situations through utilizing VR 360 video. New learning materials enhanced for distance education about textile production will be developed for textile production steps from fiber to clothing. The modules will be helpful for both vocational students and the new employers in the textile sector in order to decrease the orientation time of the new employers by combining immersive technologies and inspiring pedagogic content for the best learning results. It will also include the possible problems during production and offer various possibilities to be used in distance learning.

Project Targets

  • Development of curricula, syllabus and framework of instruction, policy recommendations via survey or observation
  • The preparation of framework of the curricula and creating the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
  • Development of the tools to ensure innovative storytelling and interactivity methods for students in the textile education area
  • Development of the pilot testing of content and platforms
  • Training applications of SPOC (Small Private Online Courses/Content)
  • Training applications of MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)
  • Development of the e-learning contents, multimedia, open educational resources, and guidelines
  • Dissemination activities through the organization of three multiplier events for communicating the project’s results

Expected Results

  1. European, national, and regional Textile educators and trainers will improve their knowledge and skills in delivering innovative learning materials and investigating new ways of storytelling and interactivity for textile education to actually engage textile learners from different communities.
  2. Textile learners will have the opportunity to reap the benefits of E-learning contents, multimedia, open educational resources and to get digital education through the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and applications.
  3. Other partners’ staff will improve their awareness of planning, designing, and implementing a Virtual learning environment (VLE) and applications.
  4. Other stakeholders (European, national, and regional VET providers, educational bodies, industrial representative bodies, new employers) will improve their awareness of the methodological aspects of delivering a digital learning environment to students from different communities. They will understand the benefits of digital learning environment for enhancing and facilitating the environment for sustainable textile education across Europe.
  5. National and EU policymakers will improve their evidence base to promote, multiply, and mainstream digital learning environment work for enabling sustainable and inclusive education organizations.

Dissemination Material