Teaching CLIL Courses Entirely in Virtual Reality

IF 2.3 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
CALICO Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-10 DOI:10.1558/cj.22676
Euan Bonner, Ryan Lege, Erin Frazier
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Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) has been found to be effective for increasing student motivation and engagement (Parong & Mayer, 2018), experiential learning (Hu-Au & Lee, 2018), and even improving spatial memory (Pollard et al., 2020). However, few studies have moved beyond the novelty of single-lesson VR experiences, nor have they used VR as the primary method of lesson delivery in language learning curricula (Kavanagh et al., 2017). Longitudinal data will help to elucidate a VR-specific pedagogy, providing evidence to support best practices, but they will not necessarily ensure that VR is actually adopted in classroom contexts. For that to take place, teacher buy-in is necessary, but there is also a lack of literature investigating the teacher side of planning and delivering VR lessons. The authors designed a longitudinal case study at a language-focused university, in order to investigate the experiences of university lecturers who conducted eight-week Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) courses in VR using Immerse (www.immerse.online), a multi-user VR language learning platform. The study analyzes teachers’ perspectives on planning and implementing a VR curriculum. Post-lesson surveys and semi-structured interviews were conducted with the instructors. The analysis findings for both the instructors’ experiences will be discussed, along with their implications for integrating VR into extended course curricula.
完全在虚拟现实教学CLIL课程
研究发现,虚拟现实(VR)可有效提高学生的学习动机和参与度(Parong & Mayer, 2018)、体验式学习(Hu-Au & Lee, 2018),甚至可改善空间记忆(Pollard et al., 2020)。然而,很少有研究超越了单课VR体验的新颖性,也没有将VR作为语言学习课程的主要教学方法(Kavanagh et al., 2017)。纵向数据将有助于阐明VR特定的教学方法,为支持最佳实践提供证据,但它们不一定确保VR在课堂环境中被实际采用。要做到这一点,教师的参与是必要的,但也缺乏文献调查教师方面的规划和交付VR课程。作者在一所以语言为重点的大学设计了一个纵向案例研究,以调查大学讲师使用多用户VR语言学习平台immersion (www.immerse.online)在VR中进行为期八周的内容和语言综合学习(CLIL)课程的经验。本研究分析了教师对虚拟现实课程规划和实施的看法。对教师进行了课后调查和半结构化访谈。本文将讨论两位教师经验的分析结果,以及它们对将VR融入扩展课程的影响。
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