An overview of applications and trends in the use of extended reality for teaching effectiveness: an umbrella review based on 20 meta-analysis studies
ISSN: 0264-0473
Article publication date: 3 July 2023
Issue publication date: 6 September 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the application ways of extended reality (XR) in teaching, the specific teaching effects and how to implement teaching integration.
Design/methodology/approach
The study adopts an umbrella review approach, locates and screens 20 pertinent meta-analysis studies published in international journals and conducts a systematic review of the effects of teaching applications of XR technologies in terms of subject categories, education levels and teaching cycles.
Findings
The study finds that the effects of virtual reality and augmented reality technologies on teaching effectiveness can reach up to 0.723 and 0.951, indicating that XR technologies can improve teaching.
Practical implications
Through the systematic analysis of 20 related element analysis studies published in international journals, the specific methods and effects of XR technology applied to teaching are finally obtained and put forward the new application trend of XR promoting teaching effect.
Originality/value
In the past decade, more and more research has also focused on the specific methods and effects of XR technology applied to teaching. However, there are still problems such as unclear technology application path and unclear effect. Based on this, it is necessary to further conduct an overall overview and analysis of the impact of XR technology on teaching effect when it is integrated into teaching, systematically study the teaching effect of XR technology in different education levels and subject types and provide a theoretical basis for more detailed research on XR technology integration into teaching.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This research is supported by the National Natural Science Noodles Project “Virtual Experiment Communication and Cognition Research under the Natural Interaction of Multimodal Virtual Reality” (No.62077041), the Ministry of Education’s Industry University Research Cooperation Project “Online offline Hybrid Virtual Simulation Teaching Mode and Practice” (No.202101031035), and the General Scientific Research Project of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education (No.Y202250527).
Citation
Dong, W., Zhou, M., Zhou, M., Jiang, B. and Lu, J. (2023), "An overview of applications and trends in the use of extended reality for teaching effectiveness: an umbrella review based on 20 meta-analysis studies", The Electronic Library, Vol. 41 No. 5, pp. 557-577. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-11-2022-0257
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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