Research Projects

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Summary of Ongoing Research Projects

Learning Analytics for Virtual Reality (LAViR)

Learning Analytics for Virtual Reality (LAViR) is a collaborative project with the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences. The project that is funded by a Higher Ed XR Innovation Grant from Unity/ Meta involves the development and deployment of a VR science classroom for pre-service science teachers’ microlessons. 

READ MORE HERE: Transforming pre-service teacher education with VR and Learning Analytics

Culturally-anchored virtual and augmented reality simulations (CAVARS)

Culturally-anchored virtual and augmented reality simulations (CAVARS) is a project on the development of VR simulations for science teaching. The simulations are based on African cultural knowledge that is related to school science topics.

U21 project

A U21 project on video annotation that involves South Africa and Hong Kong pre-service science teachers (PSTs) aims to enhance the learning of PSTs using VR-enriched micro-teaching.

Collaborations

  • Working with researchers from the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences on a project funded by Unity/Meta to build a virtual reality classroom for science pre-service microteaching.
  • Working with Prof Yiyu Cai from the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, on the affordances of virtual and augmented reality (VAR) in science learning.
  • Working with Prof Joe Krajcik from Michigan State University on project-based learning
  • Working with Prof Timothy Teo from The Chinese University of Hong Kong on technology-enhanced learning in science education