**6. Benefits of using VR resources for teaching**

The researchers explained to the participants how VR resources work (google expedition sites and googles), as well as allowed them to experience their use. Lectures were then requested to indicate any experienced benefits of using VR resources for teaching. In this regard, the following are some of the responses from the interviews:

*Lecturers' Experiences in Teaching Using VR Resources at a Selected University, South Africa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99185*


The lecturers' perceptions on the benefits of using VR resources for teaching are supported by a substantial body of researchers who acknowledge that there are many potential benefits of introducing VR in education and training that would not be possible in traditional methods, and that these include: education which is not possible in reality, will be possible in virtual reality; virtual game-based experience increases students' motivation; collaboration in virtual reality classroom fosters social integration of learners; learning is achieved by direct interaction; and the results from the learning process are truly assessed [15–17].

Moreover, knowledge about how to integrate VR technology in courses and the lack of time for learning and planning how to do this has also been identified as a challenge for pedagogical VR use at university level. It has also been highlighted that opportunities to enact VR technologies is limited due to shortcomings in practitioners' continuing professional development opportunities [22].
