An Empirical Study on Using Virtual Reality for Enhancing the Youth's Intercultural Sensitivity in Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Li, Chen; Ip, Horace H. S.; Wong, Yuen M.; Lam, Wing S.
Titel	An Empirical Study on Using Virtual Reality for Enhancing the Youth's Intercultural Sensitivity in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 36 (2020) 5, S.625-635 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Li, Chen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-4909
DOI	10.1111/jcal.12432
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Computer Simulation; Sensitivity Training; Cultural Awareness; Cross Cultural Training; Program Effectiveness; Delivery Systems; Youth; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Sensitivitätstraining; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Auslieferung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Hongkong
Abstract	According to the census data published by the government in 2016, 92% of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region population is ethnic Chinese, while the number of ethnic minorities increased significantly by around 70% over the past decade. Enhancing the youth's intercultural sensitivity is becoming critical. Although many of the schools start to provide intercultural sensitivity training as extra-curriculum activities, students often find them unattractive while teachers question their effectiveness. In this paper, we present a virtual reality enabled approach for enhancing the youth's intercultural sensitivity. The objective is to design and develop an approach that can benefit from using virtual reality to deliver the instructional materials, making the learning more effective. A total number of three different virtual reality learning scenarios have been created, covering topics such as views of marriage and family, religious beliefs, and language barrier. The empirical study found significantly increase of intercultural sensitivity among the 67 qualified participants after joining the session. The calculated linear regression model also suggested that the participants' perceived motivation from the virtual reality learning content positively contributed to the intercultural sensitivity increase, while interestingly the perceived enjoyment during the virtual reality exposure may negatively affected the learning outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01