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Vr Let My Creativity Out: Youth Creating With Immersive Learning Technologies, Paula Macdowell Dr.
Vr Let My Creativity Out: Youth Creating With Immersive Learning Technologies, Paula Macdowell Dr.
International Journal of Emerging and Disruptive Innovation in Education : VISIONARIUM
With a greater demand for ingenuity and innovation in today’s creative economy, educators need to be creative practitioners inasmuch as students must be, learn, and grow creatively. This qualitative study explores the affordances and constraints of youth creating with immersive learning technologies at a Youth VR Research Camp. A class of 28 students in grade 8, ages 13 and 14, were invited to participate as the co-researchers. The data collection methods included artifact analysis, student-led pair interviews, sharing circles, surveys, and observation. The process of research-creation involved MultibrushVR and FrameVR design challenges focussed on pro-social and environmental change. Findings …