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A Virtual Reality Laboratory for Blended Learning Education: Design, Implementation and Evaluation




AuthorsAntonelli Dario, Christopoulos Athanasios, Laakso Mikko-Jussi, Dagienė Valentina, Juškevičienė Agné, Masiulionytė-Dagienė Vaida, Mądziel Maksymilian, Stadnicka Dorota, Stylios Chrysostomos

PublisherMDPI

Publication year2023

JournalEducation Sciences

Journal name in sourceEducation Sciences

Article number528

Volume13

Issue5

ISSN2227-7102

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13050528

Web address https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13050528

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/179868660


Abstract

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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