Geography Education in a Collaborative Virtual Environment : A Qualitative Study on Geography Teachers

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F22%3A00129459" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129459 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/11/3/180" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/11/3/180</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11030180" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijgi11030180</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Geography Education in a Collaborative Virtual Environment : A Qualitative Study on Geography Teachers

Original language description

The presented study aspires to utilize the gradually validated immense potential of collaborative immersive virtual environments (CIVEs) in higher education when designing and conducting geography lessons. These particular lessons focused on hypsography. A Research through Design approach and relevant qualitative methodology were used as we engaged two groups of domain experts (experienced geography teachers) to validate both the learning scenarios and the virtual environment we used. The lessons were administered via eDIVE—a novel platform for collaborative learning and teaching in virtual reality of our own design. The teachers underwent a hypsography virtual lesson and were randomly divided into two groups to be compared, which differed in the level of structure given to the lesson (one group received detailed instructions on what task they were to solve, while the other was given a free hand in exploring the environment and activities it afforded). The teachers’ experiences were then summarized in a post-lesson reflection and a subsequent focus group following the tasks. The participants’ expertise allowed insights to be gained into their first-hand experience as students, as well as their expert view of the lesson from an educational point of view. Virtual reality’s implementation into teaching practice was the key topic of the discussion.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50103 - Cognitive sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL03000346" target="_blank" >TL03000346: Education in Collaborative Immersive Virtual Environments</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Geo-Information

ISSN

2220-9964

e-ISSN

2220-9964

Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1-15

UT code for WoS article

000775267400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85126699347