Brief write-up
Project objectives
This project aims to: (1) enhance students’ awareness and knowledge of corals and coral communities in Hong Kong and deepens students’ reflection on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 14 “Life below Water” and SDG 13 “Climate action”; and to (2) promote students’ pro-environmental attitude and behaviours to protect the marine environment.
Activities, process and outcomes
Four underwater 360
o Virtual Reality (VR) videos and one user manual have been produced. Experiential learning activities were designed based on the videos.
Deliverables and evaluation
A pre- and post- questionnaire were developed to evaluate the effectiveness of this exercise as well as adopting VR as an experiential education tool in enhancing students’ environmental knowledge, attitude towards learning, environmental attitude, behavioural intentions to protect the marine environment. Overall, this underwater 360
o VR learning pack was very well received by students. Students enjoyed the activity and agreed that VR has created a close-to-realistic and immersive experience for them. Students also expressed their interest in having more VR exercise in future courses. They also enjoyed reading the manual as it provided concrete information related to marine conservation.
Dissemination, diffusion, impact and sharing of good practices
The result of this project will be presented in the CUHK Community of Practice Symposium of Education Innovation and Technology 2022.
Impact on teaching and learning
The project has created further collaboration opportunities. Joining hands with Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), a similar learning package will be developed to be used by local secondary school students.
