Digital Ecosystems for Intangible Cultural Heritage: Virtual Simulation and Social Media Strategies in Vocational Education Dissemination
摘要
This paper presents a new digital ecosystem of the international distribution and conservation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) as a vocational education. It offers the two-way model consisting of the immersive training of Virtual Reality (VR) simulation and controlled interaction with social media. VR facilitates the learners to practice traditional crafts and rituals both in real and virtual interactive environments. This helps in learning of the skills and cultural information is retained. Meanwhile, the cultural exchange, cooperation, and interaction on the global level is available in the social media platforms. The research will use the mixed-methodology approach and involve the case studies of the vocational institutes that have already implemented the VR modules and social media approaches. Both teachers and students overcome quantitative measures of engagement with quantitative and qualitative feedback. The findings indicate that an increased number of individuals are encouraged, learn more about the culture, and have an expanded global connection. This framework is democratic and non-elitist in access to localized cultural information. It encourages a lifelong learning process and intercultural communications. These results confirm the hypothesis that VR simulation and application of social media as an educational tool and means of creating awareness of ICH all over the world is a better educational outcome.