scholarly journals The Cognitive Affective Model of Immersive Learning (CAMIL): a Theoretical Research-Based Model of Learning in Immersive Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Makransky ◽  
Gustav B. Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Procedural Knowledge ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Immersive Learning ◽  
Control Factors ◽  
And Training

AbstractThere has been a surge in interest and implementation of immersive virtual reality (IVR)-based lessons in education and training recently, which has resulted in many studies on the topic. There are recent reviews which summarize this research, but little work has been done that synthesizes the existing findings into a theoretical framework. The Cognitive Affective Model of Immersive Learning (CAMIL) synthesizes existing immersive educational research to describe the process of learning in IVR. The general theoretical framework of the model suggests that instructional methods which are based on evidence from research with less immersive media generalize to learning in IVR. However, the CAMIL builds on evidence that media interacts with method. That is, certain methods which facilitate the affordances of IVR are specifically relevant in this medium. The CAMIL identifies presence and agency as the general psychological affordances of learning in IVR, and describes how immersion, control factors, and representational fidelity facilitate these affordances. The model describes six affective and cognitive factors that can lead to IVR-based learning outcomes including interest, motivation, self-efficacy, embodiment, cognitive load, and self-regulation. The model also describes how these factors lead to factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge acquisition and knowledge transfer. Implications for future research and instructional design are proposed.

scholarly journals A review of immersive virtual reality serious games to enhance learning and training

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 5501-5527 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Checa ◽  
Andres Bustillo
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Evaluation Procedure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
End User ◽  
Knowledge Area ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Training Methodologies ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe merger of game-based approaches and Virtual Reality (VR) environments that can enhance learning and training methodologies have a very promising future, reinforced by the widespread market-availability of affordable software and hardware tools for VR-environments. Rather than passive observers, users engage in those learning environments as active participants, permitting the development of exploration-based learning paradigms. There are separate reviews of VR technologies and serious games for educational and training purposes with a focus on only one knowledge area. However, this review covers 135 proposals for serious games in immersive VR-environments that are combinations of both VR and serious games and that offer end-user validation. First, an analysis of the forum, nationality, and date of publication of the articles is conducted. Then, the application domains, the target audience, the design of the game and its technological implementation, the performance evaluation procedure, and the results are analyzed. The aim here is to identify the factual standards of the proposed solutions and the differences between training and learning applications. Finally, the study lays the basis for future research lines that will develop serious games in immersive VR-environments, providing recommendations for the improvement of these tools and their successful application for the enhancement of both learning and training tasks.

scholarly journals Exploring the relationship between corporate social responsibility actions and employee retention: A human resource management perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Hajar Boutmaghzoute ◽  
Karim Moustaghfir
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Employee Retention ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Behavioral Factors ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: This study builds on the little guidance in the existing literature to analyze the relationship between employee-oriented CSR actions and employee retention in a business context, while using Freeman stakeholders’ model as a theoretical research framework. This research also aims to shed light on significant behavioral factors facilitating the relationship between CSR endeavors and turnover rate. OBJECTIVE: This paper builds on the existing research gap in the literature and suggests that behavioral factors, including job satisfaction, organizational identification, and motivation facilitate the relationship between employee-oriented CSR actions and employee retention, which contributes to laying the foundations of a theoretical framework that has the potential to advance both theoretical and practitioner debates and disentangle the complexity of such a relationship, while offering strategically-focused development venues in CSR and HRM fields. METHODS: This research uses a single case study design to ensure an in-depth and detailed analysis of the phenomenon under scrutiny, while relying on a triangulation methodology for data collection, including a questionnaire used as exploratory approach, interviews to generate explanatory data, and archival data to bring confirmatory insights. Data analysis followed the procedures of a deductive approach. RESULTS: The research results show a positive relationship between employee-oriented CSR actions and employee retention, while demonstrating the facilitating role of job satisfaction, organizational identification, and motivation in moderating such a relationship. The findings also stress the importance of framing CSR interventions within the organization’s strategy and goals, while ensuring employee participation in such decision making processes to maximize the effect of CSR interventions on employee commitment and reduce turnover. CONCLUSIONS: This research has the potential to better clarify the nature of the relationship involving CSR interventions, from an employee perspective, retention, and turnover, while laying the foundations of a theoretical framework linking such constructs and other behavioral factors that underpin and support such a relationship. Building on the study’s findings and assumptions, future research is needed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of how HR-related CSR actions affect behavioral performance dimensions, resulting in employee commitment and retention. Future research should also consider multiple case study, multicultural, and ethnographic approaches for the sake of generalizability and theory building.

A Framework for Educational and Training Immersive Virtual Reality Experiences

2020 ◽  
pp. 220-228
Author(s):  
David Checa ◽  
Carola Gatto ◽  
Doriana Cisternino ◽  
Lucio Tommaso De Paolis ◽  
Andres Bustillo
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
And Training

A comparison of immersive virtual reality with traditional neuropsychological measures in the assessment of executive functions

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Melissa Clare Davison ◽  
Catherine Deeprose ◽  
Sylvia Terbeck
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Real World ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Neuropsychological Measures ◽  
Seating Arrangement ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Initial Work ◽  
Neuropsychological Tasks

ObjectiveThis study investigated immersive virtual reality (IVR), as a novel technique to test executive function of healthy younger and older adults. We predicted IVR tasks to have greater predictive power than traditional measures when assessing age-related cognitive functioning due to the real-world validity of the tasks.MethodsParticipants (n=40) completed the Stroop colour–word test and the trail-making test (TMT) as traditional and commonly used assessments of executive functioning. Participants then completed three IVR tasks; a seating arrangement task, an item location task (both set in a virtual chemistry lab), and a virtual parking simulator.ResultsYounger adults completed significantly more parking simulator levels (p<0.001), placed significantly more objects (p<0.001), and located significantly more items than older adults (p<0.01), demonstrating higher levels of performance. Significant correlations were found between performance on traditional neuropsychological measures and IVR measures. For example, Stroop CW performance significantly correlated with the number of parking simulator levels completed (τ=0.43, p<0.01). This suggests that IVR measures assess the same underlying cognitive constructs as traditional tasks. In addition, IVR measures contributed a significant percentage of the explained variance in age.ConclusionIVR measures (i.e. number of parking simulator levels completed and number of objects placed in the seating arrangement task) were found to be stronger contributors than existing traditional neuropsychological tasks in predicting age-related cognitive decline. Future research should investigate the implementation of these real-world-based tasks in clinical groups given this promising initial work.

scholarly journals Fully Immersive Virtual Reality in Logistics Modelling and Simulation Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 799-806
Author(s):  
Dario Ogrizović ◽  
Ana Perić Hadžić ◽  
Mladen Jardas
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Discrete Event ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Event Simulation ◽  
Simulation Education ◽  
Head Mounted Displays ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Training ◽  
Potential Use

With the increasing development and popularisation of information and communication technology, new challenges are posed to higher education in the modernisation of teaching in order to make education and training of students as effective as possible. It is therefore very important to develop and experiment with appropriate development tools, explore their benefits and effectiveness, and integrate them into existing learning strategies. The emergence of a computer-generated digital environment that can be directly experienced, actions that can determine what is happening in it, growth of technological characteristics, and decline in prices of virtual reality hardware leads to a situation that cannot be ignored. This paper investigated users' perceptions on the potential use of fully immersive virtual reality head-mounted displays in a discrete-event simulation of logistics processes. The dynamic nature of virtual environments requires active participation which causes greater engagement, motivation, and interest aided by interaction and challenges.

scholarly journals The Program of mental self-regulation of athletes engaged in Martial Arts

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
Bogdan Kindzer ◽  
Neonila Partyko ◽  
Oksana Khurtenko ◽  
Ksenia Berezyak ◽  
Oles Pryshva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Athletic Performance ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Scientific Intelligence ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Training Cycle ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Training

Being at a high level of sports form, some athletes who specialize in Martial Arts cannot cope with negative emotions, which leads to a decrease in their athletic performance. In the competitive and post-competitive periods there are sharp negative emotional shifts, so most athletes who specialize in Martial Arts, in particular Sambo wrestling (sports and combat sections) unable to normalize their condition, so the psychologist, as well as the coach – must support the athlete during the formation and development of his self-regulation in terms of many years of training. As a result of theoretical research, members of the research group developed a program of mental self-regulation of Sambo fighters (combat section) in the system of their annual training cycle. The program developed by us provides consideration of features of the organization of educational and training process of sportsmen who specialize in Martial Arts at various stages of an annual cycle of their preparation, namely: preparatory period (general-preparatory and special-preparatory stages) – formation of a positive and active attitude to the development and self-improvement of self-regulation skills in different conditions of long-term training of athletes specializing in Martial Arts, development and improvement of mental functions that underlie the provision of self- regulation of Sambo fighters (combat section); competitive stage – training of combat sambo wrestlers to manage their own consciousness aimed at achieving maximum sports results, increasing the emotional stability of combat Sambo wrestlers; transitional stage – restoration (stabilization) of mental and psychophysical levels of combat Sambo wrestlers. Prospects for further research in the chosen direction of scientific intelligence include testing the program of mental self- regulation of Sambo fighters (combat section) in the system of their annual training cycle.

Learning Affordances: Theoretical Considerations for Design of Immersive Virtual Reality in Training and Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 883-887
Author(s):  
Gregory McGowin ◽  
Stephen M. Fiore ◽  
Kevin Oden
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Theoretical Evaluation ◽  
Cognitive Sciences ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
And Training ◽  
The Way

Technological advances have led to a rapid increase in the implementation of virtual reality (VR) across multiple sectors of society. Further, we are seeing more researchers explore how the technology can be used to promote learning and training in a variety of domains. But there is a problematic gap between development of VR for training and education and learning theory to ensure its efficacy. We address this need by providing a theoretical lens through which to evaluate existing research in VR. We consider technology developments that have made VR more sophisticated and draw from research in the learning and cognitive sciences to evaluate their utility as learning affordances. With this, we examine existing research as a way to illustrate the practical value of theoretical evaluation. We conclude with a discussion how this theoretical framing can point the way for both better designed studies to accelerate learning and training as well as for more innovative adaptations for accelerating learning in immersive virtual reality.

scholarly journals The Digital Heart-Lung Unit: Applications of Exponential Technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir H Sadeghi ◽  
Joris F W Ooms ◽  
Nicolas M Van Mieghem ◽  
Edris A F Mahtab ◽  
Ad J J C Bogers
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Computational Modeling ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Clinical Workflow ◽  
Clinical Role ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
And Training

Abstract Exponential technologies such as virtual reality (VR), computational modeling, and additive manufacturing have emerged in the field of cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. An increasing number of publications that evaluate the clinical role of these technologies are becoming available. Moreover, there is an increase in the number of hospitals and departments that have implemented digital and exponential solutions in clinical workflow. In our center, we have adopted various exponential technologies in order to improve clinical pre-procedural workflow, patient care, and training and education. In order to provide our view and approach on the implementation of these technologies, in this article, we provide an overview of the currently applied modalities including immersive virtual reality, 3D computational modeling, VR-based simulations, and additive manufacturing (3D printing). Moreover, we present the potential of these applications in cardiovascular and cardiothoracic medicine, and additionally, we will provide key facilitators, challenges, and recommendations to adopting these technologies in clinical practice.

scholarly journals Measuring visual search and distraction in immersive virtual reality

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 172331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Olk ◽  
Alina Dinu ◽  
David J. Zielinski ◽  
Regis Kopper
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Target Reaction

An important issue of psychological research is how experiments conducted in the laboratory or theories based on such experiments relate to human performance in daily life. Immersive virtual reality (VR) allows control over stimuli and conditions at increased ecological validity. The goal of the present study was to accomplish a transfer of traditional paradigms that assess attention and distraction to immersive VR. To further increase ecological validity we explored attentional effects with daily objects as stimuli instead of simple letters. Participants searched for a target among distractors on the countertop of a virtual kitchen. Target–distractor discriminability was varied and the displays were accompanied by a peripheral flanker that was congruent or incongruent to the target. Reaction time was slower when target–distractor discriminability was low and when flankers were incongruent. The results were replicated in a second experiment in which stimuli were presented on a computer screen in two dimensions. The study demonstrates the successful translation of traditional paradigms and manipulations into immersive VR and lays a foundation for future research on attention and distraction in VR. Further, we provide an outline for future studies that should use features of VR that are not available in traditional laboratory research.

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