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NRW pilot project

Bringing the whole world into the classroom with virtual reality — North Rhine-Westphalia is launching a groundbreaking pilot project and providing around 3,000 VR glasses for schools and teacher training centers. The goal: to integrate innovative technologies into everyday school life. Over the next five years, the potential of VR technology is to be tested in teaching and at the same time promoting new didactic methods.

3000
VR glasses
46
Municipal media centers
33
Centers for practical teacher training

Distribution of roles

Media Education Center Leipzig: Client
Telekom Business Solutions: Contractor
VIL: Subcontractor (Operational Project Implementation)
Telekom MMS: Product and system training

Distribution of roles

Seven companies, one common goal: to make our pilot project a complete success. By working closely together and combining the diverse competencies of the participating partners, we create a strong basis for successfully implementing the project.

Ministry of Education and Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: Client
Telekom Business Solutions: Contractor
VIL: Subcontractor (Operational Project Implementation)
Telekom MMS: Product and system training
VR Expert: VR glasses supplier
Formcase: Transport case supplier
Detecon: Project Management

All locations

locations:

  • City of Düsseldorf: LVR Center for Media and Education
  • City of Duisburg: Duisburg City Library - School Media Center
  • City of Essen: Alfried Krupp School Media Center
  • Kleve district: Kleve district media centre
  • City of Krefeld: Center for Digital Learning Environments Krefeld
  • City of Mönchengladbach: Stadtbibliothek Mönchengladbach Media Center
  • City of Mülheim/Ruhr: City library in the media house Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • City of Oberhausen: Oberhausen Media Center
  • City of Remscheid: Remscheid School Administration
  • Rhine-Kreis-Neuss: Rhein-Kreis Neuss Media Center
  • City of Solingen: City of Solingen
  • Viersen district: Kreisvolkshochschule
  • Wesel district: Wesel District, The District Administrator
  • City of Wuppertal: Media Center/learn:lab (Center for Digital Education)
  • Aachen city region: Euregional media center
  • City of Bonn: Bonn Media Center
  • Düren district: Düren District - Office for Schools and Education
  • Euskirchen district: Media Center of the Euskirchen District
  • City of Cologne: KOMEZ Cologne (Municipal Media Center of the City of Cologne)
  • City of Leverkusen: City of Leverkusen - Education Office
  • Oberbergischer Kreis: Oberbergischer Kreis
  • Rhein-Sieg district: Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Media Center
  • Rhine. -Mountain. Circle: Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis education network (at the Office for Education and Integration)
  • City of Bochum: Media center in the school administration office of the city of Bochum
  • City of Dortmund: Dortmund Media Center
  • Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis: Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, media center
  • City of Hagen: Stadtbücherei Hagen
  • City of Hamm: Hamm Media Center
  • Hochsauerlandkreis: Hochsauerlandkreis Media Center
  • Märkischer Kreis: Märkischer Kreis Media Center
  • Olpe district: Digital workshop of the Olpe district
  • Siegen-Wittgenstein district: Siegen-Wittgenstein District Center for Digital Education
  • Soest district: Soest district media centre
  • Unna district: Unna District, Department of Schools and Education, Education Service Center
  • Borken district: Borken District Media Center
  • City of Bottrop: City of Bottrop
  • Coesfeld district: Media Center Kreis Coesfeld
  • City of Gelsenkirchen: Gelsenkirchen Media Center
  • City of Münster: Digitallabor Münster
  • Recklinghausen district: Media center for the district of Recklinghausen
  • Steinfurt district: Steinfurt district — media center
  • Warendorf district: Medienkompetenzzentrum Kreis Warendorf
  • City of Bielefeld: Media laboratory of the city of Bielefeld
  • Gütersloh district: Gütersloh District - Media Center
  • Herford district: Herford district media centre
  • Lippe district: Lippe district media center at InnovationSPIN

The objective

Capture new knowledge in a multi-sensory way and anchor it more firmly — studies show that virtual reality, as a supplement to conventional learning units, does exactly this.

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resourcing

... an innovative teaching and learning infrastructure

furtherance

... of sustainable digital education infrastructures

testing

... the practical use of VR technology in subject-related teaching settings

mediums

press

Kolumne

Learning from illusions: virtual reality and its effects on the brain

Lehrer News
15.10.2024
to the videoto the article
Kolumne

Learning from illusions: virtual reality and its effects on the brain

Lehrer News
15.10.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Around 3,000 VR glasses to test new innovative technologies in class

[digital] education cologne
26.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Minister of Education Dorothee Feller visits the Center for Practical Teacher Training in Krefeld

Land NRW
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

School Minister Dorothee Feller visited Krefeld

Rheinische Post
22.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Minister of Education Feller: With virtual reality, we bring the whole world into the classroom

Land NRW
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

NRW schools get new technology: “Lessons are becoming more vivid”

ruhr24
27.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

NRW schools receive VR glasses for classroom testing

Evangelische Zeitung
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Digitalization: Minister of Education wants to “bring the whole world into the classroom” — using thousands of VR glasses

News4Teachers
23.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

NRW relies on virtual reality: Large-scale project to digitize schools launched

Lehrer News
22.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

NRW schools receive VR glasses for classroom testing

Rheinische Post
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Feller: With virtual reality, we bring the whole world into the classroom

bildungsklick
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article

press

Kolumne

Learning from illusions: virtual reality and its effects on the brain

Lehrer News
15.10.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Around 3,000 VR glasses to test new innovative technologies in class

[digital] education cologne
26.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Minister of Education Dorothee Feller visits the Center for Practical Teacher Training in Krefeld

Land NRW
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

School Minister Dorothee Feller visited Krefeld

Rheinische Post
22.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Minister of Education Feller: With virtual reality, we bring the whole world into the classroom

Land NRW
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

NRW schools get new technology: “Lessons are becoming more vivid”

ruhr24
27.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

NRW schools receive VR glasses for classroom testing

Evangelische Zeitung
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Digitalization: Minister of Education wants to “bring the whole world into the classroom” — using thousands of VR glasses

News4Teachers
23.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

NRW relies on virtual reality: Large-scale project to digitize schools launched

Lehrer News
22.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

NRW schools receive VR glasses for classroom testing

Rheinische Post
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article
Projekt

Feller: With virtual reality, we bring the whole world into the classroom

bildungsklick
21.8.2024
to the videoto the article

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