Affordances of Mobile Virtual Reality and their Role in Learning and Teaching

In this paper, we report the technological affordances of a virtual reality smartphone-driven educational app – Google Expeditions. Based on a large exploratory study, we discuss how these empirically-derived affordances support pedagogical approaches of experiential learning, bridging virtual fieldwork with physical field trips, and inquiry-based learning.

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Shailey Minocha

Ana-Despina Tudor

Steve Tilling

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 1-10

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[0001]The Open University, UK

Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK

[0002]Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK

Shrewsbury SY41HW, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.44

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2017)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 11 – 13 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[[21]] M. Roberts 2013 Geography through enquiry: Approaches to teaching and learning in the secondary school GA: Sheffield
[[22]] N. SandströmR. ErikssonK. LonkaS. Nenonen 2016 Usability and affordances for inquiry-based learning in a blended learning environment. Facilities 34 7/8 433 449
[[23]] C. Shuler 2012 iLearn II; An Analysis of the Education Category of the iTunes App Store The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop New York
[[24]] M. J. Spector 2015 The SAGE encyclopaedia of educational technology Los Angeles SAGE Publications, Inc
[[25]] B. K. WiederholdS. Bouchard 2014 Advances in virtual reality and anxiety disorders New York Springer

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[1] [[1]] T. ArglesS. MinochaD. Burden 2015 Virtual field teaching has evolved: Benefits of a 3D gaming environment. Geology Today 31 6 222 226

[2] [[2]] M. Bower 2008 Affordance analysis-matching learning tasks with learning technologies. Educational Media International 45 1 3 15

[3] [[3]] M. BowerD. Sturman 2015 What are the educational affordances of wearable technologies? Computers and Education 88 343 353

[4] [[4]] S. Burnham 2007 Getting Year 7 to set their own questions about the Islamic Empire, 600-1600. Teaching History, 128 September 11 16

[5] [[5]] C. ChinD. E. Brown 2002 Studentgenerated questions: A meaningful aspect of learning in science. International Journal of Science Education 24 5 521 549

[6] [[6]] J. CorbinA. Strauss 1990 Grounded Theory Research: Procedures, Canons, and Evaluative Criteria. Qualitative Sociology 13 1 321

[7] [[7]] J. W. Creswell 2009 Research design:Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches 3rd ed.). Los Angeles SAGE Publications, Inc

[8] [[8]] B. DalgarnoM.J.W. Lee 2010 What are the learning affordances of 3-D virtual environments? British Journal of Educational Technology 41 1 10 32

[9] [[9]] J. T. Dillon 1988 The remedial status of student questioning. Journal of Curriculum Studies 20 3 197 210

[10] [[10]] C. Fowler 2015 Virtual reality and learning: Where is the pedagogy? British Journal of Educational Technology 46 2 412 422

[11] [[11]] P. FuchsG. MoreauP Guitton 2011 Virtual reality: Concepts and technologies Boca Raton CRC Press

[12] [[12]] P. GersmehlC. Gersmehl 2011 Spatial thinking: Where pedagogy meets neuroscience. Problems of Education in the 21st Century 27 48 66

[13] [[13]] D. A. Kolb 1984 Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development New Jersey Prentice-Hall

[14] [[14]] D. LambertM. J. Reiss 2015 The place of fieldwork in science qualifications. School Science Review 97 359 89 95

[15] [[15]] T. A. MikropoulosA. Natsis 2011 Educational virtual environments: A ten-year review of empirical research (1999-2009). Computers and Education 56 3 769 780

[16] [[16]] D. Norman 1988 The psychology of everyday things New York Basic Books

[17] [[17]] AC. NeeS. K. Ong 2013 Virtual and augmented reality applications in manufacturing. 7th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control 15 26

[18] [[18]] S. PedersenT. Irby 2014 The VELscience project: Middle schoolers’ engagement in student-directed inquiry within a virtual environment for learning. Computers and Education 71 33 42

[19] [[19]] R. Phillips 2001 Making History curious: Using Initial Stimulus Material to promote enquiry, thinking and literacy. Teaching History 105 19 24

[20] [[20]] E. Rawling 2007 Planning your key stage 3 geography curriculum GA: Sheffield

[21] [[21]] M. Roberts 2013 Geography through enquiry: Approaches to teaching and learning in the secondary school GA: Sheffield

[22] [[22]] N. SandströmR. ErikssonK. LonkaS. Nenonen 2016 Usability and affordances for inquiry-based learning in a blended learning environment. Facilities 34 7/8 433 449

[23] [[23]] C. Shuler 2012 iLearn II; An Analysis of the Education Category of the iTunes App Store The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop New York

[24] [[24]] M. J. Spector 2015 The SAGE encyclopaedia of educational technology Los Angeles SAGE Publications, Inc

[25] [[25]] B. K. WiederholdS. Bouchard 2014 Advances in virtual reality and anxiety disorders New York Springer

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