RT journal article
T1 Exploring the possibilities of CoSpaces to create Virtual Reality environments for foreign language learning
A1 Berns, Anke
A1 Valero Franco, Concepción
A1 Sánchez-Reyes, Salvador
A2 Estadística e Investigación Operativa
A2 Filología Francesa e Inglesa
K1 virtual reality
K1 authoring tools
K1 CoSpaces
K1 foreign language learning
K1 beginner learners
AB The recent Covid-19 pandemic has presented teachers with new challenges, high-lighting the need for innovation, renovation, and increased digitisation across allareas of education, including foreign language learning. At the same time, theincreasing advances in Extended Reality (XR) together with the availability ofauthoring tools have created new opportunities to support the teaching/learningprocess. However, research suggests that many educators are still reluctant tointegrate such technologies into their teaching syllabus. In this context and withthe idea of encouraging especially language teachers at A1/A2 level to explore thepossibilities of creating novel learning environments using technologies such asVirtual Reality (VR), in the current study we will share our experience regardingthe use of authoring tools and the design and implementation of a VR languagelearning app created with CoSpaces. The latter is a freely available authoring toolwhich allows teachers with no specific programming skills to easily create VRenvironments in line with their teaching needs. The study consists of two mainparts: the first focuses on describing CoSpaces as an authoring tool and our expe-rience as developers of a VR app. The second shows the tool’s functioning andoffers those unfamiliar with it a short introduction. It concludes with evaluatingthe app’s implementation and analysing teachers' and students' feedback.
SN 1470-9570
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37389
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37389
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 05-nov-2026