Expectations of the academic use of virtual reality in the area of communications (Original)

Abstract

The article shows the results of a study on the expectations of the academic use of virtual reality in the communications area of four universities in El Salvador. As a general objective it was proposed to know the expectations that teachers and students have in relation to the academic use of virtual reality. To achieve this purpose, two surveys were designed and applied, one directed at teachers with 17 items and the other directed at students with 11 items. The sample consisted of 190 students and 110 teachers. The scope of this research was exploratory because it addressed a topic that has not been studied before. That is, the review of the literature revealed that there are only non-researched guides and ambiguous ideas related to this study. The results showed that communications teachers and students have high expectations regarding the incorporation of virtual reality in the communications career.