Effects of Desktop Virtual Reality on Learner Performance and Confidence in Environment Mastery: Opening a Line of Inquiry

Autor/inn/en	Ausburn, Lynna J.; Ausburn, Floyd B.
Titel	Effects of Desktop Virtual Reality on Learner Performance and Confidence in Environment Mastery: Opening a Line of Inquiry
Quelle	In: Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 45 (2008) 1, S.54-87 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1864
Schlagwörter	Computer Simulation; Visual Aids; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Technology; Computer Uses in Education; Teaching Methods; Comparative Analysis; Photography; Young Adults; Vocational Education; Imagery; Age Differences; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Anschauungsmaterial; Unterrichtserfolg; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fotografie; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Metaphorik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Virtual reality (VR) has demonstrated effectiveness as an instructional technology in many technical fields. However, VR research has generally lacked a sound theory base to provide explanatory or predictive strength. Further, research into the effectiveness of "new desktop technologies" that place VR within the reach of schools and teachers is currently embryonic. The study reported here is a pilot and is highly exploratory. It is a first step in developing a theory-based line of inquiry into desktop VR as an instructional technology with potential for Career and Technical Education. Grounded in several theory and research strands, this study compared the effects of presenting a complex scene via desktop VR and a set of still photographic images. The two treatments were given to groups drawn from the general population with equal representation by both genders and two age groups. Two performance measures and a confidence measure were analyzed using 2-way ANOVAs. Statistically significant main effects for treatment were found for all three measures, all in favor of the VR treatment. These findings were consistent with predictions based on the study's theory base. Several main effects for age and gender, and trends for interactions of age and gender with treatment, were also identified that may provide impetus for further research.(Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators. Web site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10