RWTH Team Recognized At Reimagine Education Awards - India Education Diary

A squad from the Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering astatine RWTH Aachen University secured 2nd spot successful the Reimagine Education Awards.

The Wharton School and QS Quacquarelli Symonds – publishers of the World University Rankings – recognized the astir innovative and effectual approaches to teaching and learning successful 2022 with the Reimagine Education Awards. A squad from the RWTH Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering took 2nd spot successful the Immersive Experiential Learning class for its VR Mine project. The contention for the awards lasted 8 months and attracted astir 1,200 entries from 77 antithetic countries.

The Reimagine Education Awards are considered the Oscars of the acquisition assemblage and are presented successful 18 categories and 7 regions, with bronze, silver, and golden places awarded. They are aimed astatine acquisition companies, universities, schools, and non-profit acquisition institutions worldwide, and frankincense supply a level for the planetary assemblage assemblage to place and admit outstanding acquisition innovations. With implicit 500 planetary judges and a 25-member expansive jury, the winners person the unequivocal designation of acquisition experts from astir the world.

In the VR Mine project, the squad developed an informative, interactive virtual world situation that simulates assorted underground mining situations. The programme is to beryllium offered passim Europe successful master’s grade programs successful mining-related fields. VR Mine was created astatine the Institute successful 2017 and was subsequently further developed successful practice with the Mittersill Mine successful Austria, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and the Cybernatics Lab IMA & IfU astatine RWTH. The programme volition spot its archetypal teaching exertion successful the M. Sc. European Mining Course (EMC) astatine RWTH, portion Montanuniversität successful Austria has already acquired a licence for the VR Mine.