Downloadable materials
Communicate the results
On this page you will find the collection of publications produced by METID over the years. Articles, scientific papers and in-depth materials that describe the activities, projects and results of our work in the field of teaching innovation and learning technologies.
Ideas for the active classroom
Spreading Educafé
Space matters. Even when it comes to teaching. Indeed, the space in which teaching-learning experiences take place has a strong influence on how we teach and how we learn.
Spreading Educafé aims to provide a series of hints and suggestions for the ’active classroom“, summarised from the experiences made in the ”Educafé“ experimentation and teaching innovation space.
Sancassani, S., Marenghi, P., Baldoni, V., & Malan, S. (2019). Spreading Educafé. Milan, Politecnico di Milano - METID Learning Innovation.
Virtual Reality Workshops: from theory to practice
Spreading VR
Designing a teaching and learning experience in a very specific context such as a Virtual Reality laboratory requires certain aspects to be taken into account: technical, organisational and methodological.
The purpose of this manual is to provide teachers with a tool designed to support lesson planning in a Virtual Reality laboratory. These lessons involve the performance of activities useful for achieving specific Expected Learning Outcomes.
Baldoni, V., Brambilla, F., Casiraghi, D., Marenghi, P., Pampanin, M., Pandocchi, S., Sancassani, S., & Santolini, B. (2024). Spreading Virtual Reality. Politecnico di Milano - METID Learning Innovation.
Two years of VR workshops
Exercises and experiences gathered in the Virtual Reality laboratories of the Politecnico di Milano
Through this publication, we aim to illustrate and document the research and field application experience that we, as the “METID - Learning Innovation” Task Force of the Politecnico di Milano, have undertaken in the design and management of virtual reality (VR) laboratories.
Baldoni, V., Brambilla, F., Bruschi, F., Casiraghi, D., Denni, M., Marenghi, P., Longa, L., Pampanin, M., Pandocchi, S., Sancassani, S., & Santolini, B. (2024). Two years of VR laboratories. Politecnico di Milano - METID Learning Innovation.
VRChem project
A practical guide to VR
This “Practical guide to VR” it offers both theoretical and practical insights into the use of Virtual Reality in higher education. Aimed at teachers, trainers and decision-makers, it introduces the fundamentals of VR technology, highlights its educational benefits and presents case studies from the project partners.
It provides guidance for designing effective VR-enhanced learning experiences, with a particular focus on the alignment between learning outcomes, activities, and assessment.
Authors: METID – Learning Innovation, Cracow University of Technology, Lodz University of Technology, University of Cadiz, University of Aveiro
Erasmus+ VRChem project – Innovative Integration of Virtual Reality in Chemical Engineering Education. Project website: https://vrchem.pk.edu.pl/