ERIC Number: ED674315
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Publication Date: 2024-Apr-14
Pages: 16
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Examining College Students' Readiness for Virtual Reality in Education
Meryem Yilmaz Soylu; Jeonghyun Lee
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Philadelphia, PA, Apr 11-14, 2024)
This study aims to investigate students' readiness to use virtual reality for educational purposes. To achieve this, we developed a questionnaire that included items related to students' experience with using VR, their confidence and perceived importance in using various VR features, and their expectations of using VR in education. We collected data from 123 undergraduate and graduate students, and descriptive and comparative statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings indicated that participants generally reported high levels of confidence, importance, and expectancy towards various features of VR for educational purposes. Participants' VR readiness, especially their perceived benefits of VR for learning, were significantly enhanced by their ownership and general familiarity with VR.
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Familiarity, Technological Literacy, Learning Readiness, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Educational Benefits, Expectation, Student Surveys
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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