doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2024.14.10.2169
Digitalization of Education: Possibilities of VR-Based Educational Resources and Their Impact on the Development of Analytical Thinking of Students
Zuoyuan Liu1,*
,
Larisa Mamedova2 ,
Irina Shakhmalova2 ,
Egor Gromov3
- 1College of Marxism, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
- 2Department of Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education, Technical Institute (branch) of the State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education North-Eastern Federal Institute of MK Ammosova, Neryungri, Russian Federation
- 3Department of Philosophy and Sociology, Yelabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University, Yelabuga, Russian Federation
- Manuscript receivedJanuary 10, 2024
- revisedFebruary 6, 2024
- acceptedMarch 28, 2024
- publishedOctober 15, 2024
Abstract
This research aims to assess how virtual reality technology influences the analytical thinking skills of students. The study sample consists of 436 third-year students from the Philological Faculty enrolled in the full-time program. The sample was divided into two groups. Group 1 (228 participants) consisted of students who studied “Philosophy of Social Sciences and Humanities” using traditional teaching methods, without the use of virtual reality. Group 2 (208 students) utilized virtual reality in their learning process. Research methods included an online survey of students and content analysis of the collected data. The study found that students in the group utilizing virtual reality reported a statistically significant change in the level of analytical thinking: it increased by 5%. There was also a 7.81% increase in the average score of this group. The results of this study demonstrate the positive impact of educational digitalization.
Keywords
- analytical skills
- digital learning technology
- higher education
- student achievement
- Virtual Reality (VR) technology
How to Cite
Zuoyuan Liu, Larisa Mamedova, Irina Shakhmalova, and Egor Gromov, "Digitalization of Education: Possibilities of VR-Based Educational Resources and Their Impact on the Development of Analytical Thinking of Students," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 1386-1395, 2024. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2024.14.10.2169
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