Teacher training in the use of a three-dimensional immersive virtual world: Building understanding through first-hand experiences

Oh, Kevin; Nussli, Natalie

doi:10.14434/jotlt.v3n1.3956

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“…The 3D immersive virtual worlds (3D IVWs) arouse great interest in teachers and educational researchers (Mayrath et al, 2011;Johannesen, 2013). Oh and Nussli (2014) claim to integrate the 3D IVWs in teaching, and affirm: "The potential for this technology in a classroom setting seems limitless. "…”

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Virtual Learning Environments to Enhance Spatial Orientation

Carrera

Saorín

2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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The spatial orientation skill allows us to determine our location in relation to the environment. It can be developed through specific training, and is a competence to be acquired in STEM university degrees related to geospatial information. In addition to map reading, an activity that provides the spatial orientation skill is wayfinding. While wayfinding the information obtained from successive views of the environment provides spatial orientation. This research presents an immersive orientation experiment, in which an urban environment is displayed through a Smartphone installed in VR 3D glasses. The motion direction is controlled with a joystick. In the experiment 32-second year engineering students from La Laguna University participated, and the average gain in spatial orientation skill was of 12.81º, measured with the Perspective Taking Spatial Orientation Test. No gender differences detected. This gain is less than that obtained in previous experiments with GISc, Geoportals and Augmented Reality resources.

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Section: Contribution Of This Paper To the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Learning Environments to Enhance Spatial Orientation

Carrera

Saorín

2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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“…Finally, immersive virtual environment, or immersive on-line real-time 3D environments, allows a first person practice, in which the user feels immersed while interacting with the environment through VR 3D glasses and motion sensors. These immersive virtual environments, also called virtual worlds [33], are of great interest to the educational community, and researchers such Nussli [36] claim to integrate the 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds in teaching: "The potential for this technology in a classroom setting seems limitless. "…”

Section: Virtual Immersive Environments With Google Street View Geospmentioning

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“…These immersive virtual environments, also called virtual worlds [33], are of great interest to the educational community, and researchers such Nussli [36] claim to integrate the 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds in teaching: "The potential for this technology in a classroom setting seems limitless. "…”

Section: Virtual Immersive Environments With Google Street View Geospmentioning

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Geospatial Google Street View with Virtual Reality: A Motivational Approach for Spatial Training Education

Carrera¹,

Saorín²

2017

IJGI

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Abstract:Motivation is a determining factor in the learning process, and encourages the student to participate in activities that increase their performance. Learning strategies supplemented by computer technology in a scenario-based learning environment can improve students' motivation for spatial knowledge acquisition. In this sense, a workshop carried out with 43-second year engineering students supported by Google Street View mobile geospatial application for location-based tasks is presented, in which participants work in an immersive wayfinding 3D urban environment on virtual reality. Students use their own smartphones with Google Street View application integrated in virtual reality (VR) 3D glasses with a joystick as locomotion interface. The tool to analyse the motivational factor of this pedagogical approach is the multidimensional measurement device Intrinsic Motivation Inventory with six subscales: interest, perceived competence, perceived choice, effort, tension, and value, measured on a seven point Likert scale. Scores in all subscales considered are above 4 on a scale of 7. A usability study conducted at the end of the experiment provides values above 3 on a scale of 5 in efficacy, efficiency and satisfaction. The results of the experiment carried out indicate that geospatial Google Street View application in Virtual Reality is a motivating educational purpose in the field of spatial training.

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“…These immersive virtual environments, also called virtual worlds, are of great interest to the educational community, and researchers such Nussli (Oh 2014) claim to integrate the 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds in teaching: "The potential for this technology in a classroom setting seems limitless. "…”

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The Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Imitated Air Pressure Experiment for Middle School Students

Tang¹

2017

dtcse

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To help students to understand the knowledge about air pressure is one of important part of middle school physical education. Air cannot be seen directly. People designed many interesting experiments to show it. The most popular experiment is "fire rocket experiment". The difficulty for many students is how to make the rocket fly the most distance by optimizing the launch conditions. This article designs a virtual emulator basing on 3D modeling and virtual reality technology to help students to research the optimization task. Through using the emulator, students do much more preparation for the real experiment and understand the knowledge better and get the special experience.

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Teacher training in the use of a three-dimensional immersive virtual world: Building understanding through first-hand experiences

Cited by 24 publications

References 38 publications

Virtual Learning Environments to Enhance Spatial Orientation

Virtual Learning Environments to Enhance Spatial Orientation

Geospatial Google Street View with Virtual Reality: A Motivational Approach for Spatial Training Education

The Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Imitated Air Pressure Experiment for Middle School Students

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