{"id":2789,"date":"2023-03-24T10:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T08:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scyence.cyi.ac.cy\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2789"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:36:57","slug":"virtual-reality-educational-apps","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/scyence.cyi.ac.cy\/en\/event\/virtual-reality-educational-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"09:00 &#8211; 15:00 &nbsp; | &nbsp; Virtual Reality Educational Apps &#8211; Dr Christos Roushias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;\"><p>During the <em>SCYENCE Fair<\/em>, visitors will have the opportunity to experience, in an immersive way, unique virtual reality experiences using state-of-the-art autonomous systems, which allow the user to interact, utilizing his vision, hearing and body movement in 3D virtual worlds and digital environments. Through educational applications-virtual reality environments, visitors will have the opportunity to navigate and explore spaces that they could not experience otherwise (e.g. inside the human body or the solar system, etc.) and enhance their experiences by transforming them into <em>&#8220;first-order personal experiences&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The emerging and innovative technologies of Virtual Reality, contribute, through their special characteristics and affordances, to the development of horizontal key skills of the 21st century students, such as the skills of autonomous learning, information-digital literacy, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity and innovation. These technologies are used in multiple projects\/seminars of the <strong>C<\/strong>yprus <strong>P<\/strong>edagogical <strong>I<\/strong>nstitute, including the <strong>D<\/strong>igitally <strong>S<\/strong>upported <strong>L<\/strong>earning <strong>E<\/strong>nvironment (<strong>DSL<\/strong>E) (<a href=\"https:\/\/digilearn.pi.ac.cy\">https:\/\/digilearn.pi.ac.cy<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the entrance of the hall there will be a schedule, with time periods-slots, on which the <em>SCYENCE Fair v<\/em>isitors will be able to register.<\/li>\n<li>The aforementioned VR systems and apps are aimed for use by people <strong><u>aged 10 and over<\/u><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Christos Roushias Ed.D.<\/strong>, Teachers\u2019 Educator \u2013 Educational Technologist, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:roushias.ch@cyearn.pi.ac.cy\">roushias.ch@cyearn.pi.ac.cy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-fusion-800 wp-image-4277 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