I just got the International Publication Award from my university for my recently published paper in Avant (Yaaay!). I created a video summarizing it for practitioners and researchers who are interested in the study but would prefer to watch a presentation than read the whole article.
If you are interested in reading the article, you can click the link below:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26913/avant.202208.
Watch the video here and tell me what you think:
Abstract: The State of Emergency declaration in Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic affected many aspects of society in the country, much like the rest of the world. One sector that felt its disruptive impact was education. As educational institutions raced to implement emergency remote teaching (ERT) to continue providing the learning needs of students, some have opened to innovative interventions. This paper describes a case of ERT where Filipino vocabulary was taught to a class of Japanese students taking Philippine Studies in a Japanese university using a cognitive innovation based on virtual reality, an immersive technology often researched for immersion and presence. Students were divided into three groups to experience six lessons designed around virtual reality photo-based tours at different immersion levels. While the effect of immersion on satisfaction was not found to be statistically significant, presence and satisfaction were found to be correlated. Despite challenges that were encountered, benefits like enjoyment, increased engagement, and perceived learning were reported by the students. Our findings exemplify how emerging multisensory technologies can be used to enhance affective and cognitive dimensions of human experience while responding to gaps created by the spatial limitations of remote learning.
Keywords: emergency remote teaching in Japan; Filipino language teaching; language learning; virtual reality photo-based tour; virtual reality in education
Here’s how you can cite this Article: Figueroa Jr, R. B., Gil, F. A. P., & Taniguchi, H. (2022). Piloting Virtual Reality Photo-Based Tours among Students of a Filipino Language Class: A Case of Emergency Remote Teaching in Japan. Avant, 13(2).