Using Virtual Worlds in the General Chemistry Classroom

Keeney-Kennicutt, Wendy; Merchant, Zahira

doi:10.1021/bk-2013-1142.ch008

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“…It has strongly benefited from the advent of mobile technologies and powerful computer graphics and is now seen as an effective disruptive innovation (Figure ). VR enables interactive and immersive real-time task simulations across a growing wealth of areas, including aerospace, , architecture, construction, − manufacturing, − video games, , arts and humanities, medicine, ,− and education. − Of the many areas set to benefit from VR technologies, safe practices for the physical sciences present a significant opportunity. ,− ,,− ,− Having stated this, exploration of VR in the Chemistry space remains in relative infancy. − In higher education, prelab training in VR has the potential to address these issues giving students multiple attempts to complete core protocols virtually in advance of experimental work, creating the time and space to practice outside of the physical laboratory.…”

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A Transferable Psychological Evaluation of Virtual Reality Applied to Safety Training in Chemical Manufacturing

Poyade

Eaglesham

Trench

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ACS Chem. Health Saf.

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High-profile accidents in the Chemical sector across research and manufacturing scaleshave provided strong drivers to develop a new benchmark in safety training and compliance. Herein, we describe the design, implementation, and standardized psychological evaluation of virtual reality (VR) applied to process safety training. Through a specific industrial case study, we show that testable learning of complex safetyspecific tasks in VR is statistically equivalent to traditional slidebased video training. However, VR training presents a measurable positive improvement on trainees' perception of overall learning and their feeling of presence in the task during training. It has also been shown that knowledge retention from video lectures can be overestimated, if not controlled. Through these resultsand our transferable blueprint for robustly assessing any new VR training platformwe envisage a range of technologically enabled efforts to enhance safety performance in both laboratory-and plant-based activities. Implications for physical resource-saving projects are also described.

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A Transferable Psychological Evaluation of Virtual Reality Applied to Safety Training in Chemical Manufacturing

Poyade

Eaglesham

Trench

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ACS Chem. Health Saf.

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“…Students also learn chemistry in SL. Viewing 3D models of atomic orbital and molecular shapes in SL improved students’ satisfaction, self-efficacy, and academic performance. − Lang and Bradley describe the visualization of complex biomolecules and reaction mechanisms in SL. Second Life provides a collaborative environment for students to view and share data.…”

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Development, Implementation, and Assessment of General Chemistry Lab Experiments Performed in the Virtual World of Second Life

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Virtual worlds are a potential medium for teaching college-level chemistry laboratory courses. To determine the feasibility of conducting chemistry experiments in such an environment, undergraduate students performed two experiments in the immersive virtual world of Second Life (SL) as part of their regular General Chemistry 2 laboratory course. The experiments’ development and implementation are presented with feedback from students and graduate teaching assistants. Students successfully completed the experiments and showed learning gains similar to students performing real world experiments, as shown by pre/postlab quizzes and a laboratory practicum. Student participants held positive views of their experience in the SL chemistry laboratory. Teaching assistants provided an important perspective about using the virtual world for laboratory instruction. Overall, results of this pilot study suggest that virtual worlds can be effective for teaching chemistry experiments. This is the first account of student learning and attitudes after performing college-level chemistry experiments in the immersive virtual world of SL.

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“…It was very useful to encourage participants and to develop activities, but there was no facility of chemical experiment to be performed by participants. 47 Similarly Merchant et al 48 analyzed the structural equation modeling approach in their developed virtual classroom for rendering of molecules where students can participate an online virtual classroom in office hours. In this virtual classroom, student's participation is presented by an avatar, allowing students to join group discussion and raise their hands to ask any question about chemistry.…”

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“…In this virtual chemistry classroom, students and teachers can virtually react chemicals and move, scale, rotate, and study the 3D structures of molecules and ions. It was very useful to encourage participants and to develop activities, but there was no facility of chemical experiment to be performed by participants . Similarly Merchant et al analyzed the structural equation modeling approach in their developed virtual classroom for rendering of molecules where students can participate an online virtual classroom in office hours.…”

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Review to Analyze and Compare Virtual Chemistry Laboratories for Their Use in Education

Ali

Ullah

2020

J. Chem. Educ.

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Different virtual chemistry laboratories (VCLs) have been developed with which students can perform and practice their practical and experimental work, thus increasing their learning before performing the same work in a real chemistry laboratory. In this paper, we present an analysis of the existing virtual chemistry laboratories by identifying their strengths and shortcomings and formulate guidelines for the development of future VCLs with more generalized, realistic, and flexible features.

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Using Virtual Worlds in the General Chemistry Classroom

Cited by 15 publications

References 28 publications

A Transferable Psychological Evaluation of Virtual Reality Applied to Safety Training in Chemical Manufacturing

A Transferable Psychological Evaluation of Virtual Reality Applied to Safety Training in Chemical Manufacturing

Development, Implementation, and Assessment of General Chemistry Lab Experiments Performed in the Virtual World of Second Life

Review to Analyze and Compare Virtual Chemistry Laboratories for Their Use in Education

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