ABSTRACT

This paper reports from a symposium exploring the application of Virtual Reality (VR) in RE. The contributors presented empirical case-studies of interventions and instructional designs that had been tested in classroom settings ranging from primary to teacher education. The presentations illustrate the ways in which VR can be understood as a rapidly developing family of technologies that, as teaching and learning material, offers a new form of mobility and the shifting of grounds in the RE classroom: It can bring learners to places of worship across the globe or provide immersive experiences of being at the receiving end of bullying as a starting point for ethical reflection. VR and 360-images enable us to encounter religion and worldview, oneself and different ways of exploring our subject in ways that strengthen the relevance of RE. The larger picture that emerges from the symposium is not one of revolutionary change but definite enrichment of the RE toolkit with rich avenues for future research.

摘要

本文报道了一次探讨虚拟现实 (VR) 在 RE 中的应用的研讨会。贡献者提出了干预措施和教学设计的实证案例研究，这些案例研究已经在从小学到教师教育的课堂环境中进行了测试。这些演示说明了如何将 VR 理解为一个快速发展的技术系列，作为教学和学习材料，它提供了一种新的移动形式和 RE 课堂的场地转换：它可以将学习者带到礼拜场所或提供身临其境的欺凌体验，作为道德反思的起点。VR 和 360 度图像使我们能够接触宗教和世界观、自我以及探索主题的不同方式，从而增强 RE 的相关性。