Using virtual reality and 360-degree video in the religious studies classroom: An experiment
The advent of relatively inexpensive 360-degree cameras and virtual reality (VR) headsets brings new possibilities to the study of religion by allowing students to become virtually immersed in distant religious environments at very little cost. These tools can serve as the basis for assignments that...
| Published in: | Teaching theology and religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Teaching theology and religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AH Religious education RH Evangelization; Christian media ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
Technology
B virtual religion B Empathy B digital pedagogy B theories of religion B Virtual Reality |
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| Summary: | The advent of relatively inexpensive 360-degree cameras and virtual reality (VR) headsets brings new possibilities to the study of religion by allowing students to become virtually immersed in distant religious environments at very little cost. These tools can serve as the basis for assignments that help to engage students and meet core learning outcomes such as empathetic understanding and ethnographic analysis of religious place, ritual, and behavior in light of theories of religion. This article describes and reflects on the experimental incorporation of these technologies in two sections of an introductory religious studies course at a small two-year campus in the University of Wisconsin System. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9647 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Teaching theology and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/teth.12446 |