TÜBİTAK 2237- A Bilimsel Eğitim Etkinlikleri Desteği Programı kapsamında, Türkiye’nin farklı üniversitelerinde çeşitli bilim dallarında eğitim bilimleri ve öğretmen yetiştirme alanına katkıda bulunan bilim insanlarını öğretmen adaylarıyla buluşturarak, onların yetişkin eğitimi alanında bilgi birikimi arttırmak ve güçlü birer öğretmen olma yolunda veli-öğretmen işbirliği konusunda farklı bir bakış açısı sunmak amaçlanmıştır.

The aim of this project is to develop an immersive English for Professional Purposes course through realistic VR experiences in response to communicative demands in the engineering workplace. This VR-based course will provide practice for prospective engineers to improve language skills required in professional life faster by combining unique VR applications with e-tutorials with an inter-cultural aspect. This ground-breaking technology supported by e-tutorials helps raise students’ engagement with the necessary language skills to acquire language competence by visualizing the situations with real-life scenarios and improve their career opportunities. EU’s Education and Training Monitor charts EU and the country progress using six targets, two of which suit the main target of this project:1. to reach the employment rate of recent graduates of 822. to reach 15 adult participation in learningWith this in mind, in the modern workplace language competence is as crucial as technical expertise. By developing effective interpersonal skills, prospective engineers as potential candidates of skilled labour mobility can possess the competence to engage in various technical and commercial activities as well as science and technology growth. As for the methodologies of the project, three phases have been specified as preparation, production, and application. Each phase has been determined according to the requirement of the project. The outcome of the project will be an extensive Business and Engineering English learning resource that will enhance the employability of engineers internationally.

The project was submitted for approval with the application of the Governorship of Istanbul within the scope of Erasmus + Adult Education Staff Mobility projects. In the project, a partnership was established with the institution called AKETH from Trikala city of Greece at the international level, and Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul Aydin University, Global Education Culture and Communication Association at the national level. The training hosted by AKETH lasted for 7 working days, and a training program was implemented to develop the professional competence skills, training skills, technological skills of the participants. The training included both theoretical and practical aspects so that the trained educators had the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge they had acquired through both the creation and management of virtual electronic courses and the development of appropriate training materials for e-learning processes. The trainings before and during the mobility contributed to innovative approaches that are closely related to the needs of the labor market, the development of e-learning, distance learning and large-scale open online course platforms and enabling the employees of participating institutions to collaborate in areas of common interest providing involvement in and establishment of partnerships in Distance Learning and Large Open Online Courses.

An In-Service Training Course in the field of foreign languages with the reference number of UK-2008-655-001 was granted with the budget of €2.335. The training was provided by International Study Programmes in Southampton, UK. The objectives of the training were to gain a huge variety of new teaching ideas & motivating materials ready to use in the classroom, to keep abreast of changes in British Life and Society and the Education System and of new developments in the English Language, and to exchange ideas and develop links with teachers from secondary schools in different European countries. Information gained during the training and the observations of schools and colleges in Southampton were disseminated.