Educating Educators about Virtual Reality in Virtual Reality: Effective Learning Principles Operationalized in a VR Solution

Henri Pirkkalainen, Eria Makridou, Osku Torro, Panagiotis Kosmas, Charalambos Vrasidas, Kari Peltola

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) is transforming organizational training as users are immersed in realistic situations that may not exist yet in the physical world. The theoretical principles that make VR effective for learning in an immersive way are emerging in literature but remain poorly understood in practice nor have they been articulated in available VR solutions. This study demonstrates an IT artifact that is targeted at educators in companies and in higher education. The study synthesizes the key principles that make VR environments effective for learning, derives design principles for a corresponding artifact and demonstrates a VR solution that enables educators to absorb the principles of the power of VR by experiencing them first hand. Creating this artifact and delivering it to educators is important as they are responsible for diffusing VR to current employees in companies and future workforce in higher education.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication13th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Systems, KMIS 2021 as part of IC3K 2021 - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management
EditorsJorge Bernardino, Elio Masciari, Colette Rolland, Joaquim Filipe
PublisherScience and Technology Publications, Lda
Pages75-82
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789897585333
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Systems, KMIS 2021 as part of 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 25 Oct 202227 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K - Proceedings
Volume3
ISSN (Electronic)2184-3228

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Systems, KMIS 2021 as part of 13th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period25/10/2227/10/22

Keywords

  • Design Principles
  • Learning
  • Virtual Reality

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Educating Educators about Virtual Reality in Virtual Reality: Effective Learning Principles Operationalized in a VR Solution'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this