Educational Affordances of Mobile Virtual Reality

Minocha, Shailey and Tudor, Ana-Despina (2017). Educational Affordances of Mobile Virtual Reality. In: Interaction Design Centre Seminar Series, Invited Talk, 31 Oct 2017, Middlesex University London, UK.

Abstract

As a part of Google-funded research programme, we have been investigating the role of Google Expeditions, a smartphone-driven virtual reality educational app, in learning and teaching. In this presentation, we will discuss the empirical derivation of educational affordances of Google Expeditions. Through case studies from our data, we will examine how these affordances facilitate inquiry-based learning, bridge virtual fieldwork with physical field trips in geography and science education, and support experiential learning via simulations.

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• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Virtual Reality Research Award: Pedagogical and usability evaluations of Google Expeditions	Not Set	The Open University and Google

• Keywords
• 3D virtual environments; 3D virtual worlds; affordances; educational affordances; experiential learning; fieldwork education; Google Expeditions; inquiry-based learning; learning via simulations; mobile virtual reality; pedagogical affordances; virtual fieldwork; virtual field trips; virtual reality
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• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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• Shailey Minocha