The impact of using virtual reality applications on academic success and retention in tour guding education

IF 4.8 2区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI:10.1016/j.jhlste.2025.100540

Turan Okul , Güntekin Şimşek

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Abstract

The use of virtual reality (VR) technology is increasing in various fields (e.g., gaming, tourism, training, marketing). This paper examines the use of VR in education, specifically in tour guiding education, to reveal this technology can help students academic success and their information retention. In this paper, mixed method and quasi-experimental design was implemented. The VR application allowed students to increase their exam points and retention learning. The students and instructors found the VR application beneficial to better learning. Overall, this research shows that the use of VR can be strongly beneficial to tour guiding educators in helping students enhance their exam success and retention learning.

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在导游教育中使用虚拟现实应用对学习成绩和记忆的影响

虚拟现实（VR）技术在各个领域（例如，游戏，旅游，培训，营销）的使用正在增加。本文研究了VR在教育中的应用，特别是在导游教育中，揭示了这项技术可以帮助学生学习成功和他们的信息保留。本文采用混合方法和准实验设计。这款虚拟现实应用程序可以帮助学生提高考试分数和记忆力。学生和教师都认为VR应用有助于更好地学习。总的来说，这项研究表明，VR的使用可以极大地帮助导游教育工作者帮助学生提高考试成绩和记忆学习。

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Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education Multiple-

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8.10

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10.80%

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审稿时长

42 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education (JoHLSTE) is the leading international, peer-reviewed educational journal for this subject grouping. Its aims are to: a) Promote, enhance and disseminate research, good practice and innovation in all aspects of higher education in Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism and Events to its prime audience including teachers, researchers, employers, and policy makers. b) Encourage greater understanding, links and collaboration across its constituent fields. JoHLSTE is designed to have maximum impact through it being available on-line, fully archived and peer-reviewed. JoHLSTE is divided into seven sections: Editorial; Academic Papers; Practice Papers, Perspectives, Comments and Rejoinders, Research Notes and Reports and Education Resource Reviews.