ERIC Number: EJ1395386
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jul
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1176-3647
EISSN: EISSN-1436-4522
Exploring Multiliteracy of Pre-Service Language Teachers through Spherical Video-Based Virtual Reality
Lin, Rae Ping; Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian
Educational Technology & Society, v26 n3 p101-114 Jul 2023
This qualitative study aims to explore how the production of language learning materials using spherical video-based virtual reality (SVVR) affords pre-service teachers multiliteracy development while also attempting to discover their perceptions toward adopting this emerging technology for future language teaching. Data from multiple sources was collected from pre-service English teachers enrolled in a TESOL graduate program in Taiwan, including video-recordings of the participants' presentations on their final SVVR projects and their self-generated VR teaching materials/artifacts, with two one-to-one semi-structured interviews further analyzed based on thematic analysis. The major findings demonstrate that through conducting the SVVR project, participants learned: (1) to compose multimodal lessons; (2) to concretize intangible contexts for learning; and (3) to use space as a mode for teaching and learning. The authors presented insights into affordance of SVVR material production for their multiliteracy development of engaging pre-service English teachers, as well as their perceptions with regard to this SVVR hands-on experience. Moreover, the authors offer recommendations for putting such experience into practice.
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Computer Simulation, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Video Technology, Graduate Students, Student Projects, Student Attitudes, Lesson Plans, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Digital Literacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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