A Unity3D‐based interactive three‐dimensional virtual practice platform for chemical engineering

Ouyang, Shuguang; Wang, Gang; Yao, Junyan; Zhu, Guang-Heng-Wei; Liu, Zhao-Yue; Feng, Chi

doi:10.1002/cae.21863

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“…Moreover, there are a variety of online resources like games, animated tools for problem solving and interactive lessons for education . Among these virtual education system, 3D Unity‐Based Game is one of the most popular systems , such as Virtual Campus Tour System and Game‐based Learning System . The Virtual lab offers many advantages such as lower cost, high fidelity, scalable and diverse conversation modes, etc.…”

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A distributed case‐ and project‐based learning to design 3D lab on electronic engineering education

Yang

Yuan

Chinthammit

et al. 2019

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Recently, virtual laboratories have popping up in online learning for students to self‐enroll in the experiments. Like in‐class teaching methodology, virtual laboratories need to meet the requirements as same as real world laboratories and support efficient learning and communication services. In this paper, we detail the development of our distributed 3D lab system based on case‐and project‐based learning method, which support semi‐automatic experiment creation, assessment and knowledge‐based instant conversation. We demonstrated the potential of our system with a case study in a subject of electronic engineering. The preliminary results indicated that our system demonstrated the potential of providing flexible assessment, saving time, improving experimental skills and making students more confident.

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confidence: 99%

A distributed case‐ and project‐based learning to design 3D lab on electronic engineering education

Yang

Yuan

Chinthammit

et al. 2019

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…The use of virtual reality technology in education has increased dramatically [10,15,17,19,20,23,27,28,31,32]. In addition to the virtual reality usage, some of the universities in Australia also work on the wearable technologies in education.…”

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On the effectiveness of virtual reality in the education of software engineering

Akbulut

Çatal

Yıldız³

2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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The popularity of virtual reality headsets have been rapidly increasing. With this technology, students can efficiently interact with the course content and learn the material faster than the traditional methodologies. In addition to this benefit, virtual reality devices also draw the attention of young generation and this helps to the widespread use of this technology among students. In this study, we investigate the use of virtual reality on the performance of computer engineering bachelor science (BS) students within the scope of Data Structures course and develop a software‐intensive system called “Virtual Reality Enhanced Interactive Teaching Environment” (VR‐ENITE). Specifically, we focus on the sorting algorithms such as selection sort, bubble sort, insertions sort, and merge sort which are relatively hard to be understood by the BS students at first glance. For the evaluation of VR‐ENITE, students were divided into two groups: a group which uses VR‐ENITE in addition to the traditional teaching material and the control group which utilizes from only the traditional material. In order to evaluate the performance of these two groups having 36 students in total, a multiple choice exam was delivered to all of them. According to the test results, students who used the VR‐ENITE system got 12% more successful results in average than the students who are in the control group. This study experimentally shows that VR‐ENITE which is based on virtual reality technology is effective for teaching software engineering courses and it has assistive capabilities for traditional teaching approaches.

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“…Besides resolving some of the issues related to traditional in-class methodologies, the primary objective of developing virtual laboratories is to enable a more student-based learning process, which fosters not only initiative and autonomy but also more applied knowledge through a stimulating means of communication [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Virtual laboratories have become more and more interactive, transforming the student from a passive listener to an active participant in the learning process [21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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StreamflowVL: A Virtual Fieldwork Laboratory that Supports Traditional Hydraulics Engineering Learning

2019

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This paper describes an innovative virtual laboratory for students of Hydraulic Engineering at an Italian university that shows water discharge measurement techniques applied in open-channel flows. Such new technology, which supports traditional practical classes, has the potential to increase students’ motivation and improve their skills, as well as simultaneously reducing the costs, time, and possible dangers that continuous field experiments would involve. Thanks to this immersive and interactive experience that is carried out indoors, students learn to move around a fluvial environment, as well as work more safely and with reduced risks of accidents. Besides, the virtual lab can boost learners’ interest by combining education with pleasure and making knowledge more fun. Collaboration with a group of students enrolled in the Master’s degree course of the Civil and Environmental Engineering program at Basilicata University at the early stages of developing the educational tool led to improvements in its performance and features. Also, a preliminary testing procedure carried out on a student sample, verified the achievement of the students’ learning objectives in terms of knowledge and skills. Such analysis indicated that students took more active role in the teaching/learning process and they showed greater interest in the topic dealt with through the new technology compared to the involvement of students observed during traditional lessons in previous years. The architecture and operational modes of the virtual laboratory as well as the results of the preliminary analysis are discussed.

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A Unity3D‐based interactive three‐dimensional virtual practice platform for chemical engineering

Cited by 54 publications

References 18 publications

A distributed case‐ and project‐based learning to design 3D lab on electronic engineering education

A distributed case‐ and project‐based learning to design 3D lab on electronic engineering education

On the effectiveness of virtual reality in the education of software engineering

StreamflowVL: A Virtual Fieldwork Laboratory that Supports Traditional Hydraulics Engineering Learning

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