{"pk":42150,"title":"Pivoting to Virtual Reality, Fostering Holistic Perspectives: How to Create Anthropological 360° Video Exercises and Lectures","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses two challenges in higher education that increased with the shift to online learning due to COVID-19: translating experiential learning online and supporting student engagement. While virtual reality can be mobilized to address both of these challenges, finding or creating virtual reality that fits a course’s learning objective is a common barrier. This paper illustrates how instructors can integrate anthropological readings with freely available 360° videos or Google Earth to create their own virtual reality-like experiences and class activities. Such immersive experiences can support students in applying anthropology to real-world issues from any location with a smart device and internet connection and lead to a more holistic understanding of social issues. They also present an alternative to narrated PowerPoints or videos in online and in-person learning that can foster student engagement with the content.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"virtual reality"},{"word":"360° videos"},{"word":"experiential learning"},{"word":"applied anthropology"},{"word":"COVID-19"},{"word":"online learning"},{"word":"holistic perspectives"},{"word":"Student engagement"},{"word":"technology"},{"word":"discussion activities"}],"section":"Commentaries","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4x12293z","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Audrey","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ricke","name_suffix":"","institution":"IUPUI","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2021-03-31T04:33:57+03:00","date_accepted":"2021-03-31T04:33:57+03:00","date_published":"2021-07-21T10:00:00+03:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/teachinglearninganthro/article/42150/galley/31472/download/"}]}