Challenges of Extended Reality Technology in Higher Education: A Review

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https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i14.39871

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Extended reality;, Education, Covid-19, bibliometric analysis;, Thematic analysis, Themes, Challenges;, Higher education, Teacher, Student, XR, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, AR, VR, MR

Abstract


Extended reality is proposed as a means to deliver qualitative material to students in higher education institutions. The usage of this technology has increased due to Covid-19 lock down. This paper aims to categorize the challenges encountered by literature that deployed extended reality (XR) in higher education during and after the lockdown. However, the number of available articles addressing these challenges is limited, with a total number of 40 articles obtained from dimensions’ dataset. In this study, bibliometric analysis is used to highlight the number of publications, citations, and authors in this field. Thematic analysis with inductive reasoning is applied to extract the primary challenge themes mentioned in 23 articles. After reviewing the eligible articles; we categorized the challenges into three main themes: Teacher, Student, and Technology.

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Ayat Al Ahmad

Faculty of Prince Al-Hussein Bin Abdallah II for IT, Department of Computer Science and Application, The Hashemite University, P. O Box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan

Duha Qutishat

Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Prince Al-Hussein Bin Abdallah II For Information Technology, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan

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2023-07-31

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Obeidallah, R., Al Ahmad, A., & Qutishat, D. . (2023). Challenges of Extended Reality Technology in Higher Education: A Review. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 18(14), pp. 39–50. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i14.39871

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Vol. 18 No. 14 (2023)

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