The opinions and attitudes of students - future IT teachers - on the use of VR and AR in teaching

• Published in: 2019 42nd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO) pp. 709 - 714
• Main Authors: Homen Pavlin, M., Suznjevic, M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Croatian Society MIPRO 01.05.2019
• Subjects: Augmented reality; Education; ICT; Pupils; teaching; Three-dimensional displays; Virtual environments; virtual reality; Visualization
• ISSN: 2623-8764
• DOI: 10.23919/MIPRO.2019.8757001

Recent technological advances in the field of Virtual Reality (VR) have resulted in market release of multiple head mounted displays such as Oculus Rift, Sony Gear VR and HTC Vive. This new technology brings great possibilities in education in terms of new methods of learning, and its applications in teaching have already been studied in several studies worldwide. Augmented Reality (AR), as an emerging technology, is predicted to have even more potential usages than VR, both in education and other areas. The advantages of AR are increased freedom, lack of simulator sickness, and broader application range. The aim of this paper was to investigate the opinions and attitudes of students who will, presumably after their graduation, teach ICT in primary education schools. The research showed that even though a majority of students have positive opinions and expectations of these technologies, such as immersive learning and pupils' motivation, only a few of them feel competent enough to use them in classroom. They also have some concerns regarding health issues of using AR/VR technologies, as well as students losing their concentration in class.