This project has developed an application, Māori Mai ME, which can be accessed from a smartphone using low-cost virtual reality (VR) headsets to present basic Māori language phrases in a range of contexts.
Māori Mai ME is the world’s first developmental virtual reality app for learning te reo Māori. The ‘Māori Mai ME’ app focuses on the effectiveness of virtual reality as a language learning tool to reduce a user’s feelings of whakamā (anxiety) while learning te reo Māori.
Māori Mai ME
https://digitaledu.ac.nz/maori-mai-me/
Background:
This project, completed in 2020, aimed to design and implement VR activities with appropriate scaffolding in place to help second language learners achieve the learning outcomes in a safe environment.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Project Fund (RHPF)