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Perspectives and applications of virtual reality in higher education: An analysis of Latin America’s publications

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Virtual reality’s (VR) applications in education have been a topic of interest to the academia in recent years. Although literature expands significantly worldwide, the focus on education still presents a high number of opportunities to explore. In Latin America, the literature regarding the use of virtual reality is limited and not yet systematized. Therefore, the present study aims to provide an overview of Latin America’s research publications regarding the use of VR in higher education. Using bibliometric measures and coding in Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases’ outputs, we analyzed 126 papers, the majority of them from social sciences, followed by engineering, business, and medicine. Content tree analysis resulted in 5 dimensions: ‘Functional aspects of using VR as a learning tool’, ‘Teaching strategies and methodologies using VR’, ‘Behavioral aspects of using VR as a learning tool’, ‘Outputs of VR use as an educational tool’ and ‘Competencies and readiness to use VR as a learning tool’. Most publications (74,6%) focus or present as one of the discussions the functional aspects of VR, such as access, viability, usefulness, virtual environment, the association with artificial intelligence, among others.
Pozzo, Danielle Nunes (56938504300); Roa, Isamar Gutierrez (57960930600); Gonzalez Beleno, Carlos Alfonso (58558303900); Arevalo Fajardo, Blanca Yadira (59232686300); Herrera Cantillo, Clara Patricia (59233540500); Guerrero, Vladimir Cudris (58753667100)
Perspectives and applications of virtual reality in higher education: An analysis of Latin America’s publications
2024
10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.120
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85199566139&doi=10.1016%2fj.procs.2024.06.120&partnerID=40&md5=a707c90ef357e1c1d290238f3212624d
Universidad de la Costa (CUC), Dept Ciencias Empresariales, Calle 5855-66, Montecristo, Barranquilla, 080002, Colombia; Corporacion Universitaria Americana, Dept Ciencias Empresariales, Calle 72 41C-64, Montecristo, Barranquilla, 080020, Colombia; Institucion Universitaria de Barranquilla, Cra 45 48-31, Fac. Ciencias Econ. y Administrativas, Montecristo, Barranquilla, 080002, Colombia
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