A Scenario on the Use of Virtual Reality in an Educational Institution

Abstract

Currently, virtual reality technology has been increasingly used, since its applications are diverse and have incredible long-term potential, which can be inserted in education, health, military, among others. In the area of Education, Virtual Reality brings a new concept, as it fosters student interaction with the content, bringing greater immersion and possible increase in the student's teaching and learning potential. Therefore, the objective of this work is to identify what the public of an educational institution thinks about the use of a virtual reality technology being used during classes. In order to achieve this goal, a random survey was carried out with 80 students between 15 and 30 years old in an educational institution in Salvador, Brazil. They answered a questionnaire that had information about the use of virtual reality technologies. The results showed that just over half of these students reported that they are not motivated by the traditional way of teaching, with the teacher explaining in class and the student listening and that they would find it interesting to increase a solution that would allow them to interact more with the teacher. content. Thus, it was concluded that students are starting to get used to the use of Virtual Reality information technologies in classrooms. In order to carry out this research, it was of great importance to read the works of several authors, including Aureliano et al. (2019), Giassi and Ramos (2016), Oliveira et al. (2020) and Ying et al. (2017).