THE EFFICACY OF INTEGRATING AUGMENTED REALITY IN EDUCATION ON LEARNER’S MOTIVATION AND REFLECTIVE THINKING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
| dc.contributor.author | Kifaya Ahmad Faisal Ali Hassan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-28T07:07:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-28T07:07:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-06-01 | |
| dc.description | This Dissertation is Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of PhD in Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Graduate Studies, An-Najah National University, Nablus- Palestine. | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research presents a new experiment in the context of the Palestinian higher education, which is based on augmented reality (AR) technology. The main objective is to investigate the efficacy of AR-based learning on motivation and reflective thinking as important indicators of students’ learning and achievement. The research is based on a combined quantitative-qualitative methodology using motivation and reflective thinking scales for the quantitative approach and semi-structured interviews for the qualitative approach. The experiment was implemented on a purposive sample of 24 students enrolled in Digital Communication and 13 students enrolled in Microwave Engineering courses in the Telecommunication Engineering Department at An-Najah National University. Results indicated a positive effect of using AR technology for teaching and learning on all dimensions of motivation except forconfidence, such as attention, relevance, satisfaction, and volition. Similarly, AR has a positive effect on all dimensions of reflective thinking except for reflection, such as habitual action, understanding and critical reflection. In addition, the qualitative analysis and the thematic coding yield seven main themes, such as benefits, hope for the future, challenges, reflections, initial impression, attitudes, and prior experience. However, the research has some limitations such as the small sample size, the short period of the experiment that lasted for one semester, and the novelty of the AR technology that requires the instructors and students to be familiar with this emerging technology and using it for education, which requires provision of training and AR models or learning objects. The researcher recommends the Palestinian education system to benefit from integrating AR into learning and to provide training programs for students and instructors. In addition, networking with peer institutions is recommended, as well as developing educational policies and strategies to merge AR into education. Finally, further research is needed to identify students' confidence levels using with AR. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11888/18522 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | جامعة النجاح الوطنية | |
| dc.supervisor | Dr. Fayez Mahamid | |
| dc.supervisor | Prof. Allam Mousa | |
| dc.title | THE EFFICACY OF INTEGRATING AUGMENTED REALITY IN EDUCATION ON LEARNER’S MOTIVATION AND REFLECTIVE THINKING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS | |
| dc.title.alternative | فعالية دمج الواقع المعزز في التعليم على دافعية المتعلم والتفكير التأملي لطلبة الجامعات | |
| dc.type | Thesis |