A Virtual Reality Learning System to Support Situational Interest in Historic Site Courses

Abstract

This study explored how to enable learners to generate temporary situational interest during teaching and learning so as to influence their learning effectiveness, changes in interest, and learning behavior. One of the factors to improve situational interest lies in sensory stimulation targeting at the feeling to the environment. Therefore, this study introduced virtual reality (VR) into education to improve learners' situational interest and even turn situational interest into fixed personal interests. The design of research structure is described as follows: This study introduced VR to the education of historic sites, from the viewpoint of learners, explored the reasons for the generation and change of interest in learning, hoped to enable learners to naturally improve their learning effectiveness, and utilized virtual reality, an emerging technology, to aid education.