VR allows toddlers to actively experience new contexts, such as mountains or dunes, at school.
Developing vocabulary with VR
A co-creation project by NOLAI for primary education
- Duration
- 1 September 2023 until now
- Project member(s)
- J.L.M. Wiggers (Annelies)
- Project type
- Research
- Organisation
- National Education Lab AI (NOLAI)
Key question
How can VR contribute to stimulating the development of the vocabulary of toddles with an educational disadvantage in authentic surroundings?
Equal opportunities is an important theme within education. Unfortunately, there are still big differences between students that start their primary education. For instance, the students’ prior knowledge of a certain theme is assumed when it comes to reading a (picture) book. But what if this prior knowledge is non-existent? What if a student never experienced what it is like to be on the beach? Or in the forest? It is more difficult for such students to listen to a story and to understand the book. This projects allows toddlers to explore new environments at school with Virtual Reality (VR).
NOLAI is the national education lab AI for primary, secondary, and special education in the Netherlands, funded by the National Growth Fund. €80 million has been awarded for the period of 2022 to 2032 in order to develop prototypes and gather knowledge about AI in education together with schools, corporations, and scientists over the span of ten years. Each academic year, around ten new projects are launched all across the Netherlands. A project takes three years on average.
Want to know more?
You can read more about this co-creation project by NOLAI in the NOLAI magazine AI in education 2023-2024.