On April 29, 2025 V International Scientific and Practical Conference Immersive Technologies in Education (ITE-2025) was held, organized on the initiative of the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine.
The purpose of the conference was to develop theoretical foundations and exchange practical experience of using advanced technologies in the educational process of educational institutions of different levels to support sustainable development, innovation and internationalization of education.
The conference issues covered such areas: methodology of pedagogical activities with the use of immersive technologies in educational activities; immersive technologies in STEM/STEAM education; theoretical-methodological and psychological-pedagogical aspects of using immersive technologies in educational institutions; VR & AR technologies in education; measuring the impact of immersive technologies on learning outcomes; health-preserving aspect of using immersive technologies in the educational process; assessing the quality of educational material with augmented reality; AI in education; advanced technologies in supporting Sustainability, Innovation, and Internationalization of Education.
The event was held in a hybrid format, in English and Ukrainian.
A welcome speech was made by:
- coordinator of the conference – Yuliia Nosenko, PhD, Senior Researcher, Head of the Department, the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine).
- Oleh Spirin, Doctor of Education, Professor, Member of the NAES of Ukraine, Director of the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine).
- Oleksandr Lyashenko, Doctor of Education, Professor, Member of the NAES of Ukraine, Academician-Secretary of the Department of General Secondary Education and Digitalization of Educational Systems of the NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine).
- Olesya Vashchuk, Doctor of Law, Professor, Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Head of the Scientist Support Office, Chairman of the Board of the NGO “International Development Foundation”, Leader of “De mendacio veritas” Group (Ukraine).
- Andriy Khorolsky, PhD (Technical Sciences), Head of the Laboratory of Field Development Problems, Branch of Physics of Mining Processes of the M.S. Poliakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Associate Professor, Department of Information and Educational Project Management.
- Paola Pittia, PhD (Nanotechnology), Full Professor at University of Teramo, Deputy Rector of Internationalisation and Joint Study Programmes and Coordinator of the Master Degree Study programme in Food Science and Technology (Italy).
At the plenary session, the reports were presented:
- Digitalization of education in the context of internationalization and sustainable development in education. Speaker: Alisa Sukhikh, PhD, Senior Researcher, the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine) – in English.
- AI technologies for sustainable development and internationalization of education. Speaker: Maria Shishkina, Doctor of Education, Senior Researcher, Head of the Department of Cloud-Oriented Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Education, Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine) – in English.
- Today’s AI in education. Speaker: Olesya Vashchuk, Doctor of Law, Professor, Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Head of the Scientist Support Office, Chairman of the Board of the NGO “International Development Foundation”, Leader of “De mendacio veritas” Group (Ukraine) – in Ukrainian.
- Practical Aspects of the Application of AI and Immersive Technologies for the Creation and Processing of Graphic Images and Multimedia Objects by Computer Science Teachers Who Implement the Concept of the “New Ukrainian School”. Speaker: Andriy Khorolsky, PhD (Technical Sciences), Head of the Laboratory of Field Development Problems, Branch of Physics of Mining Processes of the M.S. Poliakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Associate Professor, Department of Information and Educational Project Management – in Ukrainian.
- AI in Science and Education: Challenges to Academic Integrity and Ways to Overcome Them. Speaker: Anna Skrypka, PhD, Head of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies and Safe Educational Environment, Municipal Institution “Kirovohrad Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education named after Vasyl Sukhomlynsky” – in Ukrainian.
- Virtual learning for memory development of students with ASD in a bilingual environment: foreign experience. Speaker: Olena Gayevska, PhD, Assistant Professor, Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv – in English.
- XR and AI Convergence. Speaker: Oleksandr Burov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Leading Researcher, the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine) – in English.
At the sectional discussion, participants’ reports were presented:
Teaching Chemistry with Virtual Labs: a Bibliometric Insight Into Educational Focus. Speaker: Billur Köfter, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey) – in English.
Curriculum-Aligned Digitalization: Integration of QR Codes into 9th Grade Chemistry Topics. Speaker: Eylül Özülüş, Chemistry Education, Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey) – in English.
Exploring the Tendencies of Pre-Service Teachers to Use Web Tools in Educational Settings. Speaker: Fatma Merve Mustafaoğlu, Assistant Professor, Education Faculty, Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey) – in English.
The Use of Immersive Technologies while Maritime English Teaching. Speaker: Anna Rosliakova, teacher of Maritime Applied College of Kherson State Maritime Academy (Odesa, Ukraine) – in English.
Psychological and Communicative Aspects of Implementing Virtual Reality in Museums. Speaker: Igor Medvedev, PhD (Public Administration), Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Municipal Institution of Ternopil City Council “Museum and Exhibition Center ‘Trostyanets’” (Trostyanets, Ukraine) – in Ukrainian.
Procedural model of Organizing the Learning Process. Speaker: Natalia Rashevska, PhD (Educational Sciences), Assistant Professor, doctoral students of the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine) – in Ukrainian.
Using CoSpaces Edu to Evaluate the Results of STEAM Projects in Secondary Education Institutions. Speaker: Natalia Soroko, PhD (Educational Sciences), Leading Researcher of the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine) – in Ukrainian.
Organization of Mathematics Teaching in Primary School Using Virtual Laboratories. Speakers: Skvortsova S.O., Doctor of Educational Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Mathematics and Methods of Its Teaching, State Institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky” (Odesa, Ukraine) – in Ukrainian.
The event was moderated by Yuliia Nosenko, PhD, Senior Researcher, Head of the Department, the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine), & Alisa Sukhikh, PhD, Senior Researcher, the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine).
Technical support was provided by Vitaliy Tkachenko, Senior Engineer, the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine (Ukraine).
Conference statistics:
124 people (listeners, speakers and authors of materials) registered to participate in the conference.
75 authors sent materials for publication in the conference proceedings.
57 materials were submitted in Ukrainian, 18 in English.
Among those registered are participants from 4 countries (Ukraine, Italy, Poland, Turkey). In particular, representatives from 20 cities of Ukraine (Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Drohobych, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Izmail, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kyiv, Kramatorsk, Kryvyi Rih, Kropyvnytskyi, Lviv, Odessa, Pereyaslav, Poltava, Ternopil, Trostyanets, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi).
The Conference contributed to the exchange of experience, useful and valuable practices, theoretical assets in the context of the introduction of innovative technologies in the field of education.
The organizers and participants of the Conference express their sincere thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Boundless respect for the opportunity to work, be free and be safe in our native land!
Conference website: https://sites.google.com/view/ite2025/
The video recording of the conference will be posted on the official channel of the Institute for Digitalisation of Education of NAES of Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@IDE_NAES/featured
