ThingLink: Vocational Schools
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Immersive Learning for Upskilling, TVET, and Vocational Centers

Increase student engagement and skills development through immersive and interactive learning experiences, crafted easily and affordably. Offer virtual tours of your facilities to welcome and attract new students.

How you can start using ThingLink today

Virtual Learning Environments Virtual Workshops 360° Video Simulations

Realistic learning materials help prepare students in a controlled environment.

“The advantage of the ThingLink implementation is that the human factors of the hectic work of emergency medical care – situational leadership and keeping a difficult situation under control – can be practiced.”

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Paramedic students can practice making decisions in emergency situations under pressure.

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Allows new team members to understand tasks, locations and individual employees’ roles before starting.

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Interactive virtual workshops familiarize construction students with machines before they use them for the first time.

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Embed comprehension test/summative assessment within the virtual learning environment

Create virtual site visits to exemplary buildings and locations for students.

“We won’t go back to what we had – you can add in so much more information – in so many different ways.”

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Ensure students understand operating rules and features of potentially hazardous machinery.

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Information in different accessible ways ensures equal access regardless of student background or learning preferences.

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At Samiedu Vocational College, teachers and employers jointly create learning programs to increase students’ and new employees’ skills when moving from college to work.

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Allows teaching material to be produced and edited quickly.

Learners can test different action options and their consequences safely, confidently at their own pace in real-world scenarios.

“Simulations have been proven to be an effective way to learn. Learning by doing leaves a more permanent and deeper memory trace than, for example, reading about the subject and written assignments.”

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Combines cost-effective VR learning resources and the benefits of simulation pedagogy.

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Students use role-playing to practice challenging interactions before meeting real customers in real life

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Gradia Vocational School has created new learning course content for the business education sector, using 360 video simulation technology in ThingLink.

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Online learning materials accessed and used anywhere, on even mobile devices.

Explore Use Cases

Device training Machine training Simulations for immersive learning Practical training Healthcare Virtual tours Mobile friendly

Interactive instructions for self-paced orientation. (With English text content instantly translatable into 16 other languages.)

WinNova VET provider uses ThingLink to improve the quality of specialist machine technical training for students.

Samiedu VET provider uses ThingLink to create virtual learning environments and simulations for students.

Järvisydän Hotel & Spa Resort uses ThingLink to familiarize VET students with their practical work experience training period.

Kuopio University Hospital uses virtual learning environments for staff onboarding.

Virtual tours for all types of immersive learning environments, in any field of study.

Samiedu VET provider creates mobile-friendly interactive orientation materials for students moving abroad to study.

Problems we help solve

  • Attract trainees: Misconceptions hinder the effective communication of the value and professional opportunities offered by vocational education and training.
  • Marketing and information: Limited information about specific jobs, in demand skills, accreditations and specialties hinders students' ability to make informed career decisions, leading to mismatches between their skill sets and interests.
  • Up-to-date and current real-life learning content: Ensuring alignment of teaching content and material with evolving industry standards is demanding and challenging.
  • Save Time: Preparing practical examples to provide hands-on experiences and exposure to real-world situations via face-to-face on-the-job training is time-consuming.
  • Costs and Space: Showcasing equipment, furnishing advanced laboratories, maintaining training facilities and organizing site visits or field trips is expensive and space restricted.
  • Costs of engaging content creation: Creation of virtual reality and augmented reality learning experiences has until now been costly, time consuming and only accessible to specialists in AR/VR training.
  • Communication: Language barriers pose a significant obstacle for international talent, impeding comprehension, participation, and integration into technical education courses.

70% of student engagement can be achieved by leveraging immersive education methodology, significantly improving knowledge retention rates.

40% reduction in training costs is observed in vocational schools utilizing interactive technologies like ThingLink, due to decreased reliance on physical materials and spaces for achieving desired learning outcomes.

80% of educators believe that immersive training programs better prepare students for their careers by equipping them with practical skills training required for new careers.

Benefits

  • Create interactive multimedia content that presents comprehensive information about various career paths to improve students' informed decision-making.
  • Provide immersive experiences to offer firsthand insights into the industry, helping to dispel misconceptions and better understand the scale of a profession.
  • Increase confidence and familiarity with valuable/potentially hazardous machinery and tools before hands-on training begins, either in-college or whilst on placement or internship.
  • Generate attractive marketing material that showcases the benefits and opportunities of vocational programs tailored to the stakeholders’ interests and needs.
  • Enable students to acquire and practice new skills in virtual immersive learning environments that resemble physical work examples and machinery.
  • Cost-effective and space-efficient learning resources to overcome resource restrictions on high demand courses.

Enhancing Virtual Learning: Accessibility, Collaboration, and Industry Relevance

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Update course content quickly and easily to ensure relevant and contemporary education according to industry standards.

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Create accessible virtual learning environments (VLEs) that address a wide range of learning disabilities and training needs.

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Share collaborative virtual training environments across several learning groups and make them permanently accessible for students and educators.

Flexible Immersive Learning

Offer on-demand immersive learning experiences that can also be accessed remotely, on any device - even smartphones or other mobile devices - at the learner’s own pace and without limitations; ideal for when offering a combination of full-time and part-time or partly distance learning courses.

Breaking Language Barriers

Inclusion of international learners on vocational education programs through instant translation of learning materials.

Enhancing Education

Engage students through interactive and mixed reality technology that fosters a deeper understanding of complex concepts.

Improve learning experiences today!

Empower your staff and students with the best interactive content creation solution for higher education!

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