Emerging Tools and Applications of Virtual Reality in Education

Choi, Dong Hwa; Dailey‐Hebert, Amber; Estes, Judi Simmons

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“…Conversely, low-immersive VR is based on lower immersion devices such as computer screens with interactions via a mouse, keyboard, or joystick, thus it is often called the desktop VR. 17 Notably, studies show that learning with high-immersive environments is negatively associated with achievements, suggesting that high-immersive VR triggers higher levels of cognitive load. 18,19 Consequently, the current study focused on learning with low-immersive desktop VR.…”

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“…Because of the flexibility of the implementation afforded by asynchronous VR computer-based simulations, VR has been partly applied in K-12 educational settings and particularly in higher education. 17 For example, VR technological advancements have been adopted by medical schools to teach and learn anatomy 20 and surgery, 21 showing clear learning benefits. In nursing, the educational incorporation of VR simulations is in its infancy and is mainly used to support the learning and training of procedures, skills, anatomy and physiology, as well as decision making in different clinical conditions.…”

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Playing the Role of a Nurse in a Virtual Reality Simulation

Dubovi

Itzhaki

2022

Nurse Educ

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eing a nurse is rewarding, but the profession often involves challenging and demanding emotional experiences. On a daily basis, nurses encounter stressful situations of human suffering and pain that may trigger a variety of intense emotions. 1 Nevertheless, nurses are socially expected to present a public image that is empathetic, caring, compassionate, and considerate and to manage their emotions. They are required to suppress and control unpleasant emotions such as anger, distress, fear, and frustration. This can be demanding and involves tremendous emotional effort. 2 Smith, 3 drawing on Hochschild's 4 theory of emotion management, highlighted the cost of emotional involvement in human caring through the experiences of nursing students who struggle to suppress their emotions when caring for a dying child. Indeed, much of the research has shown that nursing students, as well as students from other health care professions, experience significant challenges in managing their own and others' emotions in clinical practice. 5,6 According to Hochschild, 4 who coined the term "emotion management" in her seminal work, when an experienced emotion is incompatible with a socially expected emotion, emotion work is conducted by deep or surface acting. Hochschild 4 described deep acting as a type of emotion work that suppresses or evokes emotions that are appropriate or expected for the situation. For example, an expressive technique involves expressive gestures such as smiling to evoke the expected feeling of happiness; a physical technique works by regulating bodily sensations such as taking slow deep breaths to generate a more relaxed state; and a cognitive technique consists of actively altering thought processes to focus on a more appropriate emotion for the situation. Conversely, surface acting is simply appropriating a facade that is expected for the situation. 7 Having realized that successful emotion management plays a central part in patients' healing process as well as being key to nurses' job satisfaction, 1 the nature of emotion work should be studied further. This includes ensuring that nursing students, as part of their education, are supported and prepared with various strategies for emotion management

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Playing the Role of a Nurse in a Virtual Reality Simulation

Dubovi

Itzhaki

2022

Nurse Educ

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“…Likewise, the most realistic experiences require powerful workstations tethered to HMDs. In addition, any of these technologies are susceptible to malfunction and the risk of crashing increases as more students are involved in the iVR experience (Choi et al, 2016).…”

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“…It is essential to examine the course curriculum and to determine where iVR can help and where other teaching methods are more appropriate. In addition, if the iVR experience or devices are difficult to use, it may discourage teachers from using them in their classrooms (Choi et al, 2016).…”

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Advantages and limitations of immerisve virtual reality educational applications in learning

Checa Cruz

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Although virtual reality technologies have been with us since the late 1950s, their very limited use in educational contexts is mainly due to the high cost of the equipment and the lack of suitable educational content. Today, the wide availability on the market of affordable software and hardware tools designed for immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) experiences might suggest a very promising future to enhance learning. However, there is still a long way to go to determine how iVR can be used and to what extent it can reach its potential as an educational tool. Three published papers are presented in this PhD Thesis that report the results of research into iVR technology and its use as a learning tool at undergraduate level. DALE'S CONE THEORY: Students learn best when they go through a real experience or the experience is realistically simulated as within iVR experiences . GAME-BASED LEARNING: Students learn through a gamification process (Bryan et al., 2018).CONTEXTUAL LEARNING: Students learn by emphasizing the context (Chen, 2016). Result 1: A review of immersive virtual reality serious games to enhance learning and trainingIn this journal paper, a critical literature review is presented on iVR for learning purposes. Its objectives are: 1) to instill a deeper understanding of the benefits associated with using iVR technologies as learning tools; 2) to evaluate the possibilities and limitations of iVR learning experiences today; and 3) to identify what the barriers are to its incorporation in educational programs. This work aligns with Objective 1 of this Thesis and uses an analytical approach to reveal the advantages and limitations of educational applications of Immersive Virtual Reality for learning. The study provides the foundation for subsequent research into the development of iVR experiences, providing recommendations for the improvement of these tools and their successful application for the enhancement of learning.

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Role of AR and VR Technology in Transforming Education Ecology

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Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in Special Education

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Emerging Tools and Applications of Virtual Reality in Education

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Playing the Role of a Nurse in a Virtual Reality Simulation

Advantages and limitations of immerisve virtual reality educational applications in learning

Role of AR and VR Technology in Transforming Education Ecology

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