Fighting discrimination

Besides the effort done by the European Commission and countries discrimination these days is still a problem that affects a percentage of the population. Mobility among countries has brought new ways of discrimination based on ethnic origin, grounds of age, grounds of disability, sexual orientation, grounds of gender, religion of beliefs, etc.

Education without prejudice is an anti discriminatory educational project designed to built and support civic society. As stereotypes and prejudice result in discrimination practices in our societies, the project aims to work against stereotypes and prejudice, to support creating new democratic society free from discrimination.

Project will focus on gender bias and homophobia, still present in European society. Discrimination in those spheres will be overcome only when stereotypes and prejudice disappear. That is why the project aim is to prepare educational anti discriminatory curricula and manual, to prepare teacher and/or trainers and to prepare the scheme of teaching of anti discriminatory trainers.

Anti discriminatory curricula will be based on the studies on the main problems and needs of partners’ countries. Potential trainers will be taught about basic spheres of discrimination in their own environment, methodology of successful teaching and particular methods of anti discriminatory training. Methodology of anti discriminatory training will be based on workshop method combined with online activities available on the open source platform. The e-learning part will be tailored to suit the learning needs of the target group. During the design phase, the requirements concerning the learning preferences will be investigated and taken into account while developing online activities. The accepted didactical and instructional methods will enable to create the content according to the user requirements.

The academic world is not immune to AR initiatives and has also starting to introduce the technology of augmented reality in some disciplines. However, the knowledge and applicability of this technology in teaching is minimal, due to the nature and stage of development of such technology. The development of initiatives in the use of this technology in education and its dissemination will contribute to its expansion in the teaching community.

AR technology is related to Virtual Reality that it is more widespread in society, has common characteristics like virtual models including 2D and 3D graphics in the user’s view, the major difference is that the Augmented Reality real world does not replace the virtual one, but on the contrary, maintains the real world the user sees supplementing with virtual information superimposed on the real. The user never loses touch with the real world is at your sight while you can interact with virtual information superimposed.

AR wind energies

The main advantage of the combination between AR technology and the educational contents brings a brand new type of applications that also acts to enhance the effectiveness and attractiveness of teaching and learning in a real life scene.

To work in the field of the wind energy it is important to have adequate training. The energy sector is emerging as a lifeline for the labour market, while promoting awareness for real care for the environment. According to figures from the past 6 months about 15% of bids for managers come from this sector (Cedefop report). Due to the crisis situation facing the market, experts wonder what areas will be the engine of economic recovery and the signs are that companies wanting to get out of the crisis will have to invest in professionals specializing in innovation and sustainable development.

The project will achieve two objectives; development and study on the technological field of new technologies and secondly will contribute to improve the education on wind energy studies.

Project details:

• Project title: Augmented wind energy
• Estimated duration: 24 months
• Estimated budget: Not defined yet.
• Type of project/action: LLL KA3
• Project status: presentation date 2010.
• Participants:

1. Master Distancia S.A.
2. IPA SA S.C. pentru Cecetare
3. POINT Proje Insaat Taah. Muh. Ve Tic. LLC
4. Rīgas Tehniskā Universitāte
5. Warp Networks S.L.