{"id":5233,"date":"2026-04-11T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/2026\/04\/11\/4560\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:22:36","slug":"4560","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/2026\/04\/11\/4560\/","title":{"rendered":"National training of teachers completed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>VR4Empathy<\/strong> project has reached a pivotal milestone with the successful completion of the national training of teachers, involving <strong>136 teachers across 27 schools<\/strong> from Greece, Portugal and Slovenia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a flexible <strong>25 to 30-hour blended learning methodology<\/strong>, the training combined synchronous, face-to-face workshops with asynchronous and autonomous work. This approach ensured that the high number of participating educators could balance professional development with their demanding school schedules while gaining mastery over <strong>3DoF VR technology<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sessions focused on several critical operational and pedagogical pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Participatory co-design:<\/strong> Teachers took an active role in reviewing and adapting <strong>co-designed VR scripts<\/strong>, ensuring the content aligns with national curricula and the specific socio-cultural needs of their students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Applying the Quality Assurance Framework (QAF):<\/strong> Teachers were trained to use the project\u2019s QAF to ensure that every VR session is pedagogically sound, ethically accountable, and fact-based.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>From reaction to rationality:<\/strong> A core focus was teaching educators how to move students beyond &#8220;emotional contagion&#8221; (immediate feeling) to rational <strong>&#8220;perspective-taking&#8221;<\/strong> and action-oriented empathy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Classroom logistics &amp; workflow:<\/strong> Participants mastered the <strong>&#8220;4\u20135 headset rotation&#8221; workflow<\/strong>, a practical strategy designed to integrate 4-to-8-minute immersive experiences into standard lesson timetables without disrupting the curriculum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4561\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000006992-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000006992-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000006992-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000006992-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000006992-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000006992-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"4566\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M1-ULFE-12-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M1-ULFE-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M1-ULFE-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M1-ULFE-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M1-ULFE-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M1-ULFE-12-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" data-id=\"4571\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture1-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture1-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture1.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bringing headsets to the field<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the upcoming months, the VR-based resources will be tested in the field to analyse the impact of the methodology and resources in enhancing students&#8217; empathy. As part of the implementation, the consortium expects to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Implement <strong>145 lessons in the three countries<\/strong>, adjusting and tailoring the 8 lesson plans provided in the handbook of lessons (<a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/vr-resources\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the <strong>10 VR-based videos<\/strong> identified in the handbook as resources to support the lessons, testing its impact in leveraging students&#8217; empathy (see the videos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VR4Empathyproject\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Implement <\/strong>the VR4Empathy approach and resources in <strong>25 schools from Greece, <strong>Portugal<\/strong> and Slovenia<\/strong> with the support of <strong>154 teachers<\/strong> of upper-secondary level of education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Measure <\/strong>the <strong>impact <\/strong>from both <strong>teachers and students<\/strong>, through <strong>pre- and post-survey<\/strong>s and promotion of <strong>round tables<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start the discussion on sustainability and exploitation by launching n<strong>ational and international thematic and networking workshops <\/strong>to involve the organisations from the XREducation network (follow the enlargement of the network <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/edtech-network\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow all the news at the project&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vr4empathy\">Linkedin&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61566864735364\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;pages!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VR4Empathy project has reached a pivotal milestone with the successful completion of the national training of teachers, involving 136 teachers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities-events-el"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":42,"label":"Activities &amp; Events"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vr4e_20260119_00-21-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"admin_virtualr","author_link":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/author\/admin_virtualr\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Activities &amp; Events","slug":"activities-events-el","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":25,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":42,"category_count":25,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Activities &amp; Events","category_nicename":"activities-events-el","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5236,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233\/revisions\/5236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}