Educational 360-degree virtual tours: engaging students in a multidisciplinary workshop with a team-based approach to teaching and learning


Abstract:

The study is framed in a case-study qualitative approach with the aim to describe and analyse the multidisciplinary team-teaching impact on university students of Education Science degree course involved in a hands-on workshop conducted in the academic year 2023-2024 by three professors (Intercultural Pedagogy, Instructional Technology, Interaction Design). Students were actively involved in a group-based three-week activity where they were guided in the design and creation of a 360-degree virtual tour, a three-dimensional digital artefact that addressed, with a chosen storytelling direction, a pedagogical core concept.  The impact of the collaborative teaching and learning experience was discussed and analysed through different data sources (notes of class observations, written and oral students’ feedback, virtual tours) by taking into account the following categories: learning climate and adaptive teaching; disciplinary approach and activating learning.