THE ROLE OF VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) IN EDUCATION: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY STUDY

Shan Cao

School of Education, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou 363000, China

Ihtesham Ali*

School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan China

Correspondence: ihteshamali@hust.edu.cn

Mudassir Hussain

Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan

Matiullah

Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan

Irfan Ullah Khan

Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan

 

Abstract

Virtual reality promotes students’ learning abilities, skills, experiences and interests by actively participating in technological programs to learn technological and computational skills as well as immersive and traditional learning. The nature of study was narrative inquiry in which participants of different fields in both social and pure sciences were interviewed in University of Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan, to probe the importance and effectiveness of virtual reality in education. The interviews of the participants were properly recorded as a result and finally the conclusions were drawn in which it was revealed that virtual reality was found to be quite significant and effective in quality teaching and students’ learning efficiency, their motivation towards learning, creativity development, enhancing new skills, educational constructionism, and advanced teaching-learning process etc. After the results drawn, it was recommended that the government of the time and education department may apply virtual reality in all educational institutions to ensure quality education in Pakistan.

Keywords: Virtual Learning (VR); Teaching-Learning; immersive and traditional Learning; Computational skills; Pakistan.