Abstract
Culture and Education are two concepts intertwined together as, through Education, formal and informal, forms and elements of Culture are developed. Education is therefore one of the most important factors of enhancement, promotion and preservation of cultural heritage through the development of appropriate educational “spaces” directed to different social groups. The research took place in Greece over the Academic year 2013-14 and it was carried out nationally aiming students’ depiction of views and attitudes on the use of a virtual educational Museum. The total number of respondents nationwide was 22902 students of first, second and third grade of High School.
Highlights
In recent years considerable efforts are made to improve the educational process in environments that are very innovative, attractive and with the assistance of the New Technologies of Information and Communication
First differentiation criterion: On one hand, the 1st differentiation criterion consists of students who answered that they do not want to visit a virtual museum through the internet, they do not want to participate in the construction of a virtual museum that would present the cultural heritage of their hometown and they are not interested in visiting a virtual museum
There are students who would very much like it if there was a virtual museum that would present all over the world their local culture through the internet. These students believe that a tour in a virtual museum would be very interesting for them and they think that a virtual museum with exhibits of the local history would help them to understand this history
Summary
In recent years considerable efforts are made to improve the educational process in environments that are very innovative, attractive and with the assistance of the New Technologies of Information and Communication. Inside the huge volume of information sources, the teaching practice has expended and most educational systems aim at improving and upgrading the educational process through technological learning environments (Yoram, 2007). According to the Association of Educational Communications and Technology, the educational technology based on virtual reality is the application of knowledge, systems and techniques to improve human learning (AECT, 1977)
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