The Trends and Challenges of Virtual Technology Usage in Western Balkan Educational Institutions

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Kaminska D., Zwolinski G., Maloku H., Ibrani M., Guna J., Pogacnik M., ...Daha Fazla

INFORMATION, cilt.13, sa.11, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/info13110525
  • Dergi Adı: INFORMATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, INSPEC, Metadex, Directory of Open Access Journals, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: virtual reality, augmented reality, education, AUGMENTED REALITY, DISPLAY
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Higher educational institutions in Western Balkan countries strive for continuous development of their teaching and learning processes. One of the priorities is employing state-of-the-art technology to facilitate experience-based learning, and virtual and augmented reality are two of the most effective solutions to providing the opportunity to practice the acquired theoretical knowledge. This report presents (apart from the theoretical introduction to the issue) an overall picture of the knowledge of AR and VR technology in education in Western Balkan universities. It is based on a semi-structured online questionnaire whose recipients were academic staff and students from universities in Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. The questionnaire differed for each target group; the version for academics comprised 11 questions for 710 respondents, and the version for students comprised 10 questions for 2217 respondents. This paper presents and discusses the results for each question with the aim to illustrate Western Balkan countries' current state of VR and AR application in education.