scholarly journals Is Virtual Reality a Memorable Experience in an Educational Context?

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teeroumanee Nadan ◽  
Vassil Alexandrov ◽  
Ronan Jamieson ◽  
Kimberly Anne Watson
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Educational Context

scholarly journals Revealing Hidden Local Cultural Heritage through a Serious Escape Game in Outdoor Settings

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Stavroula Tzima ◽  
Georgios Styliaras ◽  
Athanasios Bassounas
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Local History ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
The Real ◽  
Hybrid Type ◽  
Game Mechanics

Escape Rooms are presently considered a very popular social entertainment activity, with increasing popularity in education field, since they are considered capable of stimulating the interest of players/students and enhancing learning. The combined game mechanics have led to blended forms of Escape Rooms, the Serious Escape Games (SEGs) and the hybrid type of Escape Rooms that uses Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality technology, a type that is expected to be widely used in the future. In the current study, the MillSecret is presented, a multi-player Serious Escape Game about local cultural heritage, where the players must solve a riddle about the cultural asset of watermills. MillSecret uses AR technology and it was designed to be conducted in the real-physical environment and in an informal educational context. The paper describes the game, its implementation, the playing process, and its evaluation, which aimed to study the feasibility of game conduction in outdoor settings and the views and experience of players with the game, the local cultural heritage and local history. Evaluation results reveal, among other findings, a very positive first feedback from players that allows us to further evolve the development of the game.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality in the Teaching of FLE in a Brazilian Public School

Languages ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Augusto Nobrega ◽  
Cibele Cecílio de Faria Rozenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Digital Information

Considering the emergence of digital information and communication technologies in the contemporary educational context, this work aims to explore the possibilities offered by Virtual Reality (VR) headsets in the school environment, and also to verify how they can contribute to foreign language teaching and learning. The motivation of this work is a result of a pedagogical practice experience carried out by the researcher during French classes in a Brazilian foreign language teaching project in public schools. This pedagogical practice later became the subject of their master’s research, which is currently being conducted in the same educational context in two French language classes. The main objective consists of verifying to what extent VR can contribute to foreign language teaching/learning, focusing on the four linguistic competences and motivation. The methodology of this work has a qualitative nature with some quantitative results, and is characterized as Action Research, as the researcher participated in the activities. These activities consisted of using Google Cardboard, a VR headset, to present interactive 360° videos and tours of real places. The preliminary results show that activities with VR can promote a high level of motivation and engagement, also contributing to the development of the four linguistic competences.

scholarly journals Módulo de realidad virtual como facilitador de la enseñanza en robótica

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Jesús Gerardo RINCÓN-RENDÓN ◽  
Josué ROBLES-VERDUZCO ◽  
Moisés CASTRO-FLORES ◽  
María Teresa DENA-AGUILAR
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Instructional Time ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Teaching Module ◽  
The Future ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Basic Level

The main objective of the following project was the implementation of a new teaching method for a basic level educative institution through a virtual reality (VR) teaching module. This method was carried out through virtual manuals with which the students of the academy managed to interact and perform assembly simulations, which in the future would be carried out in real conditions. The reason for using this method in an educational context is to increase the level of interest in robotics for elementary level students and to improve the Teaching-Learning process. Another of the improvements sought is the reduction of instructional time in the development of a robotics practice (assemblies of competitive robots). As a result of the application of this method, the products obtained were much more durable, achieved better performance and reduced the time to acquire knowledge.

Top-Down Processing and Visual Reorientation Illusions in a Virtual Reality Environment

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred W. Mast ◽  
Charles M. Oman
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Line Length ◽  
Perceptual Cues ◽  
Virtual Reality Environment ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Processing Mechanisms

The role of top-down processing on the horizontal-vertical line length illusion was examined by means of an ambiguous room with dual visual verticals. In one of the test conditions, the subjects were cued to one of the two verticals and were instructed to cognitively reassign the apparent vertical to the cued orientation. When they have mentally adjusted their perception, two lines in a plus sign configuration appeared and the subjects had to evaluate which line was longer. The results showed that the line length appeared longer when it was aligned with the direction of the vertical currently perceived by the subject. This study provides a demonstration that top-down processing influences lower level visual processing mechanisms. In another test condition, the subjects had all perceptual cues available and the influence was even stronger.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Swiss Surgery ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 250-254
Author(s):  
Vogelbach ◽  
Bogdan ◽  
Rosenthal ◽  
Pfefferkorn ◽  
Triponez
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy ◽  
Neue Technik

Fragestellung: Die dieser Untersuchung zugrunde liegende Frage war, ob das angewandte Ausbildungskonzept geeignet war, um am Beispiel der Einführung der laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie eine neue Operationsmethode in einer universitären Ausbildungsklinik mit einer grossen Anzahl Chirurgen zu etablieren. Patienten und Methodik: Seit Einführung der ersten laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie wurden alle Cholezystektomien während zwei Jahren (Mai 1990 bis Mai 1992) prospektiv erfasst. Ein Ausbildungskonzept wurde gewählt, bei dem jeweils ein Operateur durch einen Tutor geschult wurde und so 15 konsekutive Eingriffe durchführte, um dann die Technik einem weiteren auszubildenden Chirurgen zu instruieren. Resultate: In zwei Jahren wurden 355 Patienten cholezystektomiert. 60% der Operationen wurden laparoskopisch durchgeführt oder begonnen. 40% der Operationen wurden offen durchgeführt. In den ersten zwei Jahren konnten 13 Operateure (durchschnittlich 16 Operationen / Operateur , range 1 - 60) in die neue Technik eingeführt werden. Es traten keine schweren Komplikationen, insbesondere keine Gallenwegsverletzungen in dieser Einführungsphase auf. Diskussion: In der Literatur wird dieses Vorgehen bei der Einführungsphase seit 1992 wiederholt vorgestellt, diskutiert und empfohlen. Zwischenzeitlich gibt es Richtlinien von Fachgesellschaften und nationalen Institutionen, welche die Ausbildung zur Ausführung neuer chirurgischer Techniken reglementieren. In den letzten Jahren verlagern sich die ersten Ausbildungsschritte in Richtung Trainingskurse an skill-stations und virtual reality Trainer. Schlussfolgerung: Das beschriebene Ausbildungskonzept bewährte sich in der Einführungsphase der laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie zu Beginn der 90er-Jahre.

Virtual reality-enabled treatment of nightmares.

Dreaming ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick McNamara ◽  
Kendra Holt Moore ◽  
Yiannis Papelis ◽  
Saikou Diallo ◽  
Wesley J. Wildman
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality
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