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Regina Kaplan-Rakowski; Tricia Thrasher – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2025
Virtual reality (VR) has been gaining prominence in education, with its interactive capabilities continually expanding. This quantitative study (N = 91) tested the educational effectiveness of high-immersion VR (HiVR) versus low-immersion VR (LiVR) and the impact of interactivity on vocabulary learning. The between-subjects portion of this study…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction
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Tania Heap; Regina Kaplan-Rakowski; Audon Archibald – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
Understanding blindness or imagining being blind can be challenging for individuals without visual impairments. One of the affordances of high-immersion virtual reality (VR) is its ability to build empathy and facilitate perspective-taking. VR can be potent when providing narrative, experience-laden education that exposes users to ideas and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Blindness, Technology Uses in Education, Empathy