Game-based situation awareness training for child and adult cyclists

Lehtonen, Esko; Airaksinen, Jasmiina; Kanerva, Kaisa; Anna, Rissanen; Ränninranta, Riikka; Åberg, Veera

doi:10.1098/rsos.160823

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“…In addition, to support learning, a textual description of the potential hazard was given after answering (Moreno and Mayer 2005). The current game was adapted from a game previously developed to improve situation awareness among cyclists (Lehtonen et al 2017).…”

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Learning game for improving forklift drivers’ safety awareness

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Forklift drivers in in-house logistics are at a high risk of occupational injuries. This study piloted a video-based learning game for forklift drivers, designed to increase their safety awareness in their highly dynamic operating environment. The game consisted of video clips filmed from the driver's perspective. Each video clip was stopped and masked at a point where a safety-relevant item or hazard appeared. Two locations were marked on the screen, one with the hazard and the other with no hazard. The players had to choose the location with the hazard while the screen was masked and received feedback on their choice. Eighty-one professional forklift drivers played the game at their workplaces during the 3-4 month intervention. In addition, forklift registered hard shocks were recorded and compared to the game performance of 20 participants. Higher accuracy in the game correlated with a lower shock rate, suggesting that real-world forklift driving skills transferred to the game. However, accuracy improvement in the game did not decrease the vehicle registered hard shocks. During the intervention, 40% of the participants reported that they began to pay more attention to the hazards of their work environment. Overall, the results suggest that a gamified approach could be useful for demonstrating safety-relevant features at the workplace and supporting drivers' safety-related self-reflection.

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“…A replication study by Lehtonen, Sahlberg, et al, (2017b) found adults possessed higher-level situational awareness compared to children, however this report did not deliver robust evidence in improving child cyclists’ situational awareness. A follow-up study by Lehtonen, Airaksinen, et al, (2017a) found a learning game could be used to train children (and adult) cyclists’ situational awareness. This is particularly relevant to the child participants who felt the learning game was both educational and fun.…”

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Studying the Use of Virtual Reality Learning Environments to Engage School Children in Safe Cycling Education

Vuorio

2024

Simulation & Gaming

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Background The promotion of cycling for children is beneficial from a health and environmental perspective, however road safety and awareness amongst this age group remain a considerable issue. As children are developing their cognitive and physical abilities, they are considered a high-risk group for injuries and fatalities on the roads. Virtual learning environments have demonstrated promising ways to engage children in learning about road risks and teach children about safe cycling. Intervention A web-based Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and Virtual Reality (VR) environment was designed to offer a platform for schoolchildren to learn about safe cycling and to develop skills for them to better detect hazards in traffic. Both learning environments were used by 455 school children and 20 class teachers. Methods Fun toolkit methods, specifically designed for child participants were used to assess the design of the technology, and for teachers a qualitative survey to provide evidence around the use of both learning environments. Results Results suggest both learning environments were appealing for lower school grade participants. For grades five and six a need to review the relevance and user design of the learning content was evident. The VR environment was highly attractive across all school grades, suggesting that VR could be a feasible way to teach road safety and safe cycling for school children. Discussion Although VLE and VR environment were attractive and fun to use, some users of VR experienced motion sickness. This would need to be considered and further examined before engaging a young learner in a VR learning environment. Several considerations are provided for teachers, practitioners, researchers, and designers seeking means to promote safe cycling for children.

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“…Building on the existing literature, we designed an immersive virtual reality serious game to teach hazard perception to students in technical and vocational secondary education in Flanders. Hazard perception, sometimes called hazard identification [13], refers to one's ability to perceive situations as dangerous, including the perceived level of risk [14].…”

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SAVR – Design and Evaluation of an Immersive Virtual Reality Serious Game on Hazard Perception in Technical and Vocational Education

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Rotsaert

Vleeschouwer

et al. 2022

2022 8th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN)

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Technical and vocational secondary school students take internships in enterprises as part of their training. As such, they are often confronted with hazardous situations, such as contact with chemical substances, operating specialist machinery or in potentially dangerous working conditions. Students therefore need to be prepared in the school setting, prior to their internship experience. To address this challenge an immersive virtual reality serious game was developed. Students' perceptions of the effectiveness of the game were assessed using a survey. Targeted variables were presence, design, interest and usefulness. Students positively evaluated all measures, suggesting an immersive virtual reality serious game is a useful instrument in teaching hazard perception in technical and vocational secondary education.

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Game-based situation awareness training for child and adult cyclists

Cited by 17 publications

References 53 publications

Learning game for improving forklift drivers’ safety awareness

Learning game for improving forklift drivers’ safety awareness

Studying the Use of Virtual Reality Learning Environments to Engage School Children in Safe Cycling Education

SAVR – Design and Evaluation of an Immersive Virtual Reality Serious Game on Hazard Perception in Technical and Vocational Education

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