@phdthesis{Ripka2023,
  author    = {Ripka, Gabriela},
  title     = {Promoting Pre-Service Teachers' TPACK Development in Social Virtual Reality - Practice- and Theory-Oriented Development and Evaluation of a Pedagogical Concept for Initial Teacher Education},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-31291},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-312913},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {The use of digital media by children and young people offers opportunities for communication, collaboration, and participation. However, to prepare them for the risks and challenges of media usage, promoting digital competencies of students and teachers is an indispensable goal for educational institutions. To meet this requirement, teacher education must be opened to innovative pedagogical concepts for initial teacher education that considers new technologies in a reflective, action-oriented way to promote competencies. Therefore, this work aims to promote the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) of prospective teachers that enables the purposeful integration of social virtual reality (social VR) into the classroom. Consequently, a pedagogical concept is developed and evaluated in an iterative research and development process following the design- based research approach (DBR) through four consecutive studies. The first study involved an analysis of the requirements of teachers and students for the effective use of social VR in the classroom. The second study examined how prospective teachers perceive teaching and learning activities within two theory-driven scenarios in social VR. The third study investigated the development of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) among students in social VR compared to video-based communication. Finally, the fourth study measured the development of TPACK in social VR using epistemic network analysis, finding that social VR can be an effective tool for teacher education, emphasizing the importance of authentic contexts and practical experiences for effective teaching in social VR. In the concluding chapter, appropriate implications for teacher education research and practice are derived from findings. For example, that a deeper understanding of TPACK as metacognitive awareness could enhance teacher education for media integration. It also highlights the need for digital literacy in seminars that address new technologies, emphasizing the importance of considering moral values and sustainability when using VR.},
  subject      = {Medienp{\"a}dagogik},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{FoersterGrafe2023,
  author    = {F{\"o}rster, Kristina and Grafe, Silke},
  title     = {Fostering Teacher Educators' Intercultural Media-Related Competencies Using a Social VR Environment},
  series = {Proceedings of Society for Information Technology \& Teacher Education International Conference},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of Society for Information Technology \& Teacher Education International Conference},
  editor    = {Langran, Elizabeth and Christensen, Peter and Sanson, Jarrod},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-322310},
  pages     = {2547-2557},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Recent studies suggest that teacher educators require intercultural media-related educational competencies to respond to contemporary and future educational needs. However, necessary professional development concepts, which are aimed at fostering these competencies, are underrepresented in current teacher education research. This study reports on the results of a case study within a Design-Based-Research project aimed at designing, implementing and evaluating a professional development concept to foster teacher educators' intercultural media-related competencies. A remote workshop using a Social VR environment was conducted with a convenience sample of 10 teacher educators. Data collected through a qualitative pre-post survey and a focus group was interpreted through qualitative content analysis. Findings showed intercultural aspects were addressed in several domains as well as an increased ability to evaluate potentials and risks related to interculturally focused teaching and learning with Social VR.},
  subject      = {Interkulturelles Lernen},
  language  = {en}
}