New Landscapes and New Eyes: The Role of Virtual World Design for Supply Chain Education

With the common availability of advanced educational technology, we are able to increase the emphasis on the design of learning experiences and benefit from the given flexibility and variety of opportunities to create learning spaces. As instructional design models become more commonplace we examine...

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Main Authors: Bastiaens, T., Wood, L., Reiners, Torsten
Format: Journal Article
Published: Common Ground 2014
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25094
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Reiners, Torsten
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description With the common availability of advanced educational technology, we are able to increase the emphasis on the design of learning experiences and benefit from the given flexibility and variety of opportunities to create learning spaces. As instructional design models become more commonplace we examine their role vis-à-vis with the fidelity of the experience while learning. High-fidelity experiences are known to be valuable in learning as they provide authenticity in learning and motivation; yet, high fidelity comes at the cost of greater investment. In this paper, we outline our experiments with two setups of differing levels of fidelity: using Second Life and the consumer-focused Oculus Rift Head-Mounted Display (HMD). We show qualitatively interpreted comments and user responses to demonstrate importance of the level of fidelity, uncover important elements, and relate back the fidelity to the learning experience. High-fidelity experiences can be supported by software and hardware that are now readily available but present the seductive opportunity to greatly improve participant engagement in the virtual environments presented.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-250942017-01-30T12:46:42Z New Landscapes and New Eyes: The Role of Virtual World Design for Supply Chain Education Bastiaens, T. Wood, L. Reiners, Torsten Fidelity Oculus Rift Head-Mounted Displays (HMD) Second Life Virtual Reality Immersion Instructional Design With the common availability of advanced educational technology, we are able to increase the emphasis on the design of learning experiences and benefit from the given flexibility and variety of opportunities to create learning spaces. As instructional design models become more commonplace we examine their role vis-à-vis with the fidelity of the experience while learning. High-fidelity experiences are known to be valuable in learning as they provide authenticity in learning and motivation; yet, high fidelity comes at the cost of greater investment. In this paper, we outline our experiments with two setups of differing levels of fidelity: using Second Life and the consumer-focused Oculus Rift Head-Mounted Display (HMD). We show qualitatively interpreted comments and user responses to demonstrate importance of the level of fidelity, uncover important elements, and relate back the fidelity to the learning experience. High-fidelity experiences can be supported by software and hardware that are now readily available but present the seductive opportunity to greatly improve participant engagement in the virtual environments presented. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25094 http://ijq.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.186/prod.227 Common Ground fulltext
spellingShingle Fidelity
Oculus Rift
Head-Mounted Displays (HMD)
Second Life
Virtual Reality
Immersion
Instructional Design
Bastiaens, T.
Wood, L.
Reiners, Torsten
New Landscapes and New Eyes: The Role of Virtual World Design for Supply Chain Education
title New Landscapes and New Eyes: The Role of Virtual World Design for Supply Chain Education
title_full New Landscapes and New Eyes: The Role of Virtual World Design for Supply Chain Education
title_fullStr New Landscapes and New Eyes: The Role of Virtual World Design for Supply Chain Education
title_full_unstemmed New Landscapes and New Eyes: The Role of Virtual World Design for Supply Chain Education
title_short New Landscapes and New Eyes: The Role of Virtual World Design for Supply Chain Education
title_sort new landscapes and new eyes: the role of virtual world design for supply chain education
topic Fidelity
Oculus Rift
Head-Mounted Displays (HMD)
Second Life
Virtual Reality
Immersion
Instructional Design
url http://ijq.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.186/prod.227
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25094