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A Virtual Reality Laboratory for Blended Learning Education: Design, Implementation and Evaluation
Authors: Antonelli Dario, Christopoulos Athanasios, Laakso Mikko-Jussi, Dagienė Valentina, Juškevičienė Agné, Masiulionytė-Dagienė Vaida, Mądziel Maksymilian, Stadnicka Dorota, Stylios Chrysostomos
Publisher: MDPI
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Education Sciences
Journal name in source: Education Sciences
Article number: 528
Volume: 13
Issue: 5
ISSN: 2227-7102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13050528
Web address : https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13050528
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/179868660
Launched during the pandemic, the EU-funded JANUS project aimed to ensure the continuity of student workshops at universities using a virtual reality (VR) robotics laboratory. With the return to normality, the project has been redesigned to capitalise on the positive outcomes of the experience. The VR lab provides safe and unrestricted access to the labs and experiments with the machines, reducing the consequences of student mistakes and improving the user experience by allowing the experiment to be repeated from different angles, some of which are impossible to access in the real lab. In addition, integration with an interactive learning platform called “ViLLE” allows for continuous assessment of the learning experience. Self-evaluation of the material taught and learned can be integrated with the execution of the exercises that pave the way for Kaizen. Two VR workshops for the blended learning of robotics were developed during the JANUS project. Their evaluation reported favourable responses from the students whose learning performance was indirectly measured.
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