Dive In! Raising Awareness of Ocean Conservation through the Use of Immersive Technologies within an Integrated STEM Approach
This project seeks to raise primary school pupils’ awareness regarding ocean conservation through the use of immersive technologies, employing an integrated STEM learning approach.
Project Leader: Dr Michael McNamara
Email: Michael.McNamara@mic.ul.ie
Project Team: Dr Michael McNamara, Dr Edward Corry, Dr Aysegul Liman Kaban, Dr Keith Young, & Oide, the Department of Education and Youth’s national support service for teachers and school leaders.
Project Description
During the course of this initiative, pupils work in groups to research real-life challenges, such as plastics pollution and overfishing, and then design and build interactive virtual reality (VR) digital stories to educate others about the issue, as well as proposing an innovative solution. The affordances of generative AI also enhance VR story content.
This 5-year research project is a collaboration between the Department of STEM Education in 91ÖÆƬ³§ (leading the research strand of the project) and Oide, the Department of Education and Youth support service for teachers and school leaders.
