GOVPH

Details

Published: 19 September 2024

By Elijah Espiritu

As the country continues to recover from the pandemic, the Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) sustains its efforts to improve their remote learning facilities.  One of their projects was the Virtual Laboratory Application in Science (VLAS), which is an immersive 360° 3D biology lab simulator providing users with virtual experiments and theoretical knowledge.

DOST-SEI developed VLAS as a way for students to familiarize themselves with a laboratory environment through virtual means.  This project aims to build competencies in students who lack access to physical laboratories due to geographical or logistical challenges.

VLAS is currently on its final stretch in development.  They plan on releasing for Microsoft Operating Systems and other Virtual Reality platforms by 2025.  The project aims to address further the resource integration of ICT in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), the team, under the leadership of Josephine Feliciano, believes that their online educational materials can be effectively used as supplementary to classroom teaching as well as in self-learning situations.

Read more ...