Title: Designing and improving a virtual learning environment in geography education

Authors: Zongran Wang

Addresses: National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore

Abstract: The geography in K-12 education requires students' abilities of imagination and exploration. The traditional teaching methods fail to provide multiple dimensions of the geography learning experience for students. The transformation of information and communication technologies (ICT) brings more potential for geography learning. This proposal aims to explore design principles for a virtual geography learning environment based on real teaching situations. The researcher will identify the pedagogical, social, and technical design principles from literature, and the design-based research will be the potential methods to design the virtual learning environment. Samples are secondary school students, and the study will experience several rounds to improve the design.

Keywords: design-based research; geography learning; K-12 education; immersive learning experience; virtual reality.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSMILE.2023.131512

International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments, 2023 Vol.7 No.1, pp.33 - 44

Received: 15 Sep 2021
Accepted: 10 Dec 2021
Published online: 15 Jun 2023 *

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