Language Teachers’ Beliefs About Using Immersive Virtual Reality

Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser Add Paper to My Library Share: Permalink Using these links will ensure access to this page indefinitely Copy URL Language Teachers' Beliefs About Using Immersive Virtual Reality 34 Pages Posted: 9 Oct 2022 See all articles by Regina Kaplan-RakowskiRegina Kaplan-RakowskiUniversity of North TexasTetyana DhimoleaUniversity of North TexasIuliia KhukalenkoFar Eastern Federal University Date Written: April 28, 2022 Abstract Using Virtual Reality (VR) in educational contexts is becoming increasingly common. Its ability to provide authentic learning experiences is making it a particularly promising tool for language learning, but the research on its acceptance among language teachers is scarce. This paper reports the results obtained from a large-scale (N = 2,176) survey on teachers' attitudes toward the use of VR for education. The survey took place in 2020 and explored the relationships between language teachers' beliefs about using VR in a classroom and their teaching experiences, such as previous use of VR for teaching, their stages of VR technology integration, and their preferred teaching approaches. Furthermore, the survey yielded answers on the relationship between the availability of information technology (IT) personnel in language teachers' schools. We found that practical knowledge and past experiences of incorporating VR in teaching were crucial determinants of teachers' positive beliefs, showing that teachers were motivated to adopt VR technology in their classrooms if they had previously used it. Language teachers' favorable beliefs were also positively correlated with the availability of IT personnel in their schools. Keywords: Virtual reality, technology integration, teacher beliefs, teaching approaches, technology support Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina and Dhimolea, Tetyana and Khukalenko, Iuliia, Language Teachers' Beliefs About Using Immersive Virtual Reality (April 28, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4096269 Regina Kaplan-Rakowski (Contact Author) University of North Texas ( email ) 3940 N.Elm StreetDenton, TX 76207United States76207 (Fax) Tetyana Dhimolea University of North Texas ( email ) 1155 Union Circle #305340Denton, TX 76203United States Iuliia Khukalenko Far Eastern Federal University ( email ) 10, Ajax Bay, Russky Island, Vladivostok, 690922,VladivostokRussia Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser Do you have a job opening that you would like to promote on SSRN? Place Job Opening Paper statistics Downloads 1 Abstract Views 9 PlumX Metrics Related eJournals Innovation Practice eJournal Follow Innovation Practice eJournal Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic FOLLOWERS 264 PAPERS 1,357 Innovation Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching eJournal Follow Innovation Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching eJournal Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic FOLLOWERS 264 PAPERS 2,380 Linguistics Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching eJournal Follow Linguistics Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching eJournal Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic FOLLOWERS 35 PAPERS 158 Innovation Research & Policy Negative Results eJournal Follow Innovation Research & Policy Negative Results eJournal Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic FOLLOWERS 24 PAPERS 209 Feedback Feedback to SSRN Feedback (required) Email (required) Submit If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday. Submit a Paper Section 508 Text Only Pages SSRN Quick Links SSRN Solutions Research Paper Series Conference Papers Partners in Publishing Jobs & Announcements Newsletter Sign Up SSRN Rankings Top Papers Top Authors Top Organizations About SSRN SSRN Objectives Network Directors Presidential Letter Announcements Contact us FAQs Copyright Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content. To learn more, visit Cookie Settings. This page was processed by aws-apollo-4dc in 0.205 seconds