Working with the Education University of Hong Kong, this project’s goal was to develop and test a pilot lesson to investigate virtual reality as a learning tool in secondary geography education in Hong Kong. Two versions of the lesson, one supplemented with 360-degree pictures and one as a traditional lesson, were presented to secondary school students. Pre-test and post-test scores, surveys, as well as feedback from teachers-in-training were used to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of virtual reality in teaching a module on coastal landforms. Our results on the effectiveness of VR were inconclusive, but they showed that VR is feasible. A lesson on urban problems was also developed. Recommendations for additional pilot studies and content development were provided.

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Creator

• Chan, Anthony B.
• Briskman, Alexander Westfield
• Palumbo, John P.
• Dixon, Corey

Subject

• Learning
• Computing
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030217-004604

Keyword

• Virtual reality
• Project method in teaching
• Education, Higher
• Computer-assisted instruction

Advisor

• Ault, Holly Keyes
• Lui, Roger Y

Year

• 2017

Center

• Hong Kong, China Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Education University of Hong Kong
• Cheung, Lewis T. O.
• Folk, Lincoln
• Chow, Alice S. Y.

Date created

• 2017-03-02

Location

• Hong Kong

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-03