Development of Museum Learning Experience Using Virtual Reality and Mobile Devices

Jason Harron; Anthony Petrosino; Sarah Jenevein

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1592–1597

Recent developments in mobile technology and virtual reality (VR) have made it possible for students and teachers to engage virtual field trips using mobile devices, such as smartphones. This poster focuses on the development process to create a...

Topics: Science Education, Mobile Learning, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Using Virtual Reality to Augment Museum-Based Field Trips in a Preservice Elementary Science Methods Course

Jason R. Harron; Anthony J. Petrosino; Sarah Jenevein

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 4 (December 2019) pp. 687–707

Positioned in the context of experiential learning, this paper reports findings of a virtual reality field trip (VRFT) in conjunction with an in-person field trip involving preservice teachers in an elementary science methods course to a local...