Title :
Virtual reality applications in simulated course for tour guides
Author :
Na, Li ; Weihua, Hu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Humanities & Social Sci., Xi´´an Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
Application of virtual reality to tour guide training makes it possible to change the conventional teaching model into the communicative task-oriented one. The study describes the development and implementation of virtual reality in tour guiding to improve communicative skills and professional knowledge of tour guide candidates. An experiment analysis was to illustrate virtual reality is a unique and potentially appropriate educational technology in tour guide training.
Keywords :
computer based training; educational courses; teaching; travel industry; virtual reality; communicative skills improvement; communicative task-oriented teaching model; course simulation; educational technology; experiment analysis; professional knowledge improvement; tour guide training; virtual reality applications; Computers; Educational institutions; Solid modeling; Training; Virtual environments; simulative system for tour guiding; tour guide training; virtual learning environment; virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2012 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0241-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSE.2012.6295385
