courses for staff and students on the Introduction to EON-XR and EON-XR Pedagogy and Curriculum Implementation. This two-part Educator 3.0 course covers many features of the Eon XR platform, including how to easily create immersive learning experiences utilising 3D and 360 Assets. The training was made possible through a grant from Eon Reality’s Educational Foundation, as a part of its support towards educational institutions in the post-pandemic period. Regional Business Plan Competition From the months of January to March 2022, the Open Campus and Compete Caribbean hosted a Regional Business Plan competition for the Community-Based Tourism sector. The competition was designed to identify entrepreneurs in the sector and encourage the development of innovative, community-driven ideas with potential for expansion and increased community- based enterprises. Two webinars to support the entrepreneurs with their preparation on How to Write a Business Plan for Community Based Tourism and a Business Pitch Workshop were held. Twenty-two competitors from eight Caribbean countries submitted business plans for the competition. Overall winner Ms Chloe Walker of Barbados, with her business, Rock Hall Freedom Walk Experience, received US$2500 worth of technical assistance from Compete Caribbean. The web-based CARIBAY business of Mr Cenus Hinds of St. Vincent and the Grenadines won second prize and US$2000 worth of technical assistance, while third place went to Ms Reffica Attwood, of Wallings Nature Reserve, Antigua and Barbuda, with a prize of US$1,400 in technical assistance. UNESCO Transcultura Programme On November 1, 2021, The UWI Open Campus launched a partnership with UNESCO’s Transcultura Programme, which seeks to harness diversity and build bridges between people and cultures from different linguistic areas. The programme titled “Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean, and the European Union through Culture and Creativity”, was implemented in collaboration with UNESCO’s Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and funded by the European Union. The programme, which was delivered in two phases, offered 12 Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) courses from November 2021 to May 2022 using The UWI’s Learning Exchange – the Moodle Platform. Course materials were provided in English, Spanish and French, and real-time interpretation for live sessions was provided by UNESCO. The programme included participants from Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, Dominican Republic and Cuba.
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