Analysis of the scientific production in the use of virtual reality in education using the conceptual, social and intellectual structure.
Abstract
In recent years, the use of technology in education has led to an increase in scientific production. Among the various technologies, virtual reality is acquiring greater use in educational classrooms. However, there is still no global picture of how its use is evolving within education. As a consequence, the objective is to analyze the evolution in the use of virtual reality in education by scientific mapping from the study of the conceptual, social and intellectual structure of the field of knowledge. The sample is composed of 1163 documents obtained from the Web of Science during the period 1996-2019. The results show that there are two lines of research: one of them technology and Education while the other is Medicine and Education. While the most important collaborative networks are formed by the most productive authors. Finally, the papers by Merchantz et al., (2014) and Nicholson et al., (2006) are reference elements for VR work in education.
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