Immersive virtual reality for language education examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments

Virtual reality (VR) has shown potential as a tool for improving the quality of language education (LE). High-immersion VR (iVR) in particular has emerged as promising for its affordance of authentically recreating real-life scenarios and inducing a higher sense of physical presence in the immersive...

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Main Author: De Sanctis, Francesca
Other Authors: Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Department of Education, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2024
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spellingShingle De Sanctis, Francesca Immersive virtual reality for language education : examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments immersive virtual reality VR language learning environments teacher perspective foreign language education Master's Degree Programme in Education 102 virtuaalitodellisuus kielen oppiminen opetus kieltenopettajat opetusteknologia virtual reality language learning teaching and instruction language teachers educational technology
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title_full Immersive virtual reality for language education : examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments
title_fullStr Immersive virtual reality for language education : examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments Immersive virtual reality for language education : examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments
title_full_unstemmed Immersive virtual reality for language education : examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments Immersive virtual reality for language education : examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments
title_short Immersive virtual reality for language education
title_sort immersive virtual reality for language education examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments
title_sub examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments
title_txtP Immersive virtual reality for language education : examining teacher perspectives and implementation ideas for university foreign language learning environments
topic immersive virtual reality VR language learning environments teacher perspective foreign language education Master's Degree Programme in Education 102 virtuaalitodellisuus kielen oppiminen opetus kieltenopettajat opetusteknologia virtual reality language learning teaching and instruction language teachers educational technology
topic_facet 102 Master's Degree Programme in Education VR educational technology foreign language education immersive virtual reality kielen oppiminen kieltenopettajat language learning language learning environments language teachers opetus opetusteknologia teacher perspective teaching and instruction virtuaalitodellisuus virtual reality
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