Academic Centre
Project INTERACTIVE GOALS aims to support mainstream education for teaching sustainable development goals (SDGs) by empowering schools to use augmented reality (AR) techniques in their educational practices thus developing, creating and implementing innovative SDG classrooms.
One of the objectives of the project is to support mainstream education for teaching SDGs in an interactive and engaging manner involving digital tools that are open and accessible for schools, teachers and other stakeholders. As a result, the augmented reality game on My Mobile and the SDGs has been created by the project consortium. The AR application is compatible with Android smartphones, and the content is available in the following languages: English, Latvian, Spanish, Greek, Italian and Dutch.
On May 16, 2023 the students of Professional Bachelor’s Study Programme “Teacher” of the University of Latvia, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art: Eva Bērze, Sandis Mārtiņš Caune and Krista Paula Gobiņa delivered the workshop "Sustainable Development Goals to Protect the Environment" to the participants from 10 countries - the United Kingdom, the United States, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, India, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, and Turkey, of 14th International Week of Professors and 22nd International Students’ Research Conference both in person and on the Zoom platform.
The augmented reality game on My Mobile and the SDGs has been piloted by international audience. According to the feedback of the participants, they enjoyed the team work of Eva, Krista and Sandis and appreciated their expertise in conducting this game exploration process. The limitations were connected with the compatibility issues of the mobile phones and augmented reality application, as well as the participants expressed the wish to try out the game with their students at a longer time.
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME
KA220-SCH - Cooperation partnerships in school education
Creating interactive SDG classrooms through Augmented Reality (INTERACTIVE GOALS)
AGREEMENT NUMBER 2021-1-LV01-KA220-SCH-000032485
