Taiwanese and Vietnamese students study together across the country, 1,500 kilometers apart. (provided by Gaoda)
The Digital Content Design Research Center of National Kaohsiung University has developed the EWOVA immersive technology shared learning platform, which allows students from the Chinese-aided primary school in Nanzi District, Kaohsiung City, and the Ruan Chao Elementary School in Hanoi, Vietnam, to study together across the country, 1,500 kilometers apart. They use technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) real-time translation to get to know each other's hometowns and cultures through immersive interaction.
Kaohsiung University joined hands with Vietnam National University Hanoi University of Humanities and Social Sciences to connect with the Chinese-aided primary school in Nanzi District and Ruan Chao Elementary School in Hanoi, Vietnam. They met in the EWOVA virtual classroom with the theme of "Hometown Environment Where City and Nature Coexist", and the Chinese-aided primary school students introduced the school's proximity to rivers and the environment. Haikou's natural landscape, Hanoi Ruan Chao Elementary School students shared the rivers and lakes around their hometown. Through self-introductions in English, real-life photos, questions and group discussions, the two sides compared the urban life and natural environment of Taiyue and Vietnam, practiced expression and cooperation in the exchange, and also learned about each other's different life cultures.
Ruan Chaoguo's primary school teacher Võ Hà Vi was very pleased to see the students confidently communicate in English and explore the cultures of the two countries through VR. The learning experience not only expanded the children's knowledge, but also cultivated the ability to actively explore and connect with others. The student Đào Thùy Dương was deeply impressed by the VR helmet. Using this device to attend classes with Taiwanese classmates allowed her to better understand the natural environment and scenery around the other school.
Wang Zhenghong, associate professor of the Department of Arts and Creativity and director of the Digital Content Design Research Center of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, said that EWOVA started from elementary and middle school classrooms in Taiwan and went to elementary and elementary schools in Vietnam for the first time to demonstrate the transnational application of immersive technology. The core of science and technology education is not the equipment, but to allow children from different cultural backgrounds to truly communicate and gradually move from curiosity to understanding. This joint study is also the result of in-depth cooperation between Taiwan University and the Vietnam National University Hanoi University of Humanities and Social Sciences. Virtual reality technology is used to promote the learning of Vietnamese language and culture. The cooperation field extends from universities to elementary schools, connecting higher education, scientific and technological research and basic education in Taiwan and Vietnam, transforming original academic exchanges into actual cross-border joint learning courses.
Nguyen Thi Lan, principal of Nguyen Chao Elementary School in Hanoi, Vietnam, affirmed that this cooperation has built a bridge of communication between basic education, higher education and scientific and technological research. It not only allows students to be exposed to modern technology, but also allows children from different cultural backgrounds the opportunity to communicate, cooperate and share, and explore knowledge together. He looks forward to deepening educational cooperation in the future and creating more transnational learning opportunities for students.
Gaoda EWOVA enters Vietnam for the first time! Taiwanese and Vietnamese students study together across the country, 1,500 kilometers apart. (provided by Gaoda)
