The Effect of Virtual Reality Learning on Students' Motivation: A Scoping Review (Poster 34)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Fifteen
  In Poster Session: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Abstract

The huge impact of COVID-19 on education, in tandem with increasing awareness of the metaverse, has made a clear need for a better understanding of the potential contribution of virtual reality-based simulation environments for students’ learning outcomes. The present scoping review is an examination of the effects of VR experiences on students’ motivation to learn. Fourteen articles were included in this review and the majority of research reviewed indicated that students’ motivation had increased after the VR intervention or were higher than other pedagogical conditions. However, due to the lack of longitudinal research designs, the possibility of novelty effects in VR learning cannot be ruled out. Knowledge gaps regarding study designs and theoretical frameworks guidance of existing literature are discussed.

Authors

• Juming Jiang, University of Hong Kong
  Presenting Author

• Luke K. Fryer, University of Hong Kong
  Non-Presenting Author