ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Educ.
Sec. Higher Education
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1590555
Successful implementation of the 360° video teaching approach to promote immersion and theory-practice transfer in social work
Provisionally accepted
- 1Münster University of Applied Sciences, Münster, Germany
- 2Institute for Health Sciences, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
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This study examines the use of 360° videos in social work education, an innovative teaching approach developed at the University of Applied Sciences in Münster and tested at the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda. The research aims to evaluate the potential of 360° videos for enhancing immersion, promoting theory-practice transfer, and assessing the approach's adaptability to different institutional settings. Findings indicate that 360° videos significantly increase students' sense of presence and flow, fostering deeper engagement and understanding of the material. A comparative analysis of the implementations at Münster and Fulda confirms the reproducibility of these effects across different contexts. The study addresses the key factors required for successfully adopting this teaching method at other universities. Future research should explore the long-term impact of 360° videos on teaching quality and learning outcomes, further leveraging immersive technologies to strengthen the integration of theory into practice. and sustainable expansion of this innovation beyond the project's initial location necessitates the transfer of its content. In this regard, it is essential to share the approaches and their implementation with other universities, facilitating the dissemination, research, testing, and continuous improvement of the approach. In the context of implementation research, the objective is to identify the most effective strategies for reproducing this approach and to determine the factors that contribute to successful outcomes (Schrader & Hasselhorn 2020, p. 7). To this end, the results are examined independently of the specific seminar context for which the videos were created. This approach is implemented with the proviso that the same results should be achieved if possible.
Keywords: Education1, Virtual Reality2, Social Work3, Vignettes4, Theorie-practice transfer5
Received: 09 Mar 2025; Accepted: 03 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Felix Averbeck, Münster University of Applied Sciences, Münster, Germany
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