{"id":1025,"date":"2017-07-24T13:53:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T18:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.victoryvr.biz\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2022-07-06T09:32:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:32:41","slug":"the-data-driven-case-for-virtual-reality-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victoryxr.com\/the-data-driven-case-for-virtual-reality-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Data-driven Case for Virtual Reality Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Steve Grubbs<\/em><br \/>\n<em> CEO, VictoryXR, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes sense that virtual reality would improve learning, after all it\u2019s immersive, engaging and experiential all in one. While those may sound like education buzzwords, the bottom line is simple: kids think it\u2019s cool and who wouldn\u2019t want to learn about photosynthesis while standing among the ancient redwoods in Muir National Monument. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what do the studies say? Is there really data to back up what many of us assume is true: students learn better within a virtual reality environment. \u00a0We had our team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoryxr.com\/\">VictoryXR<\/a> dig into the research and here are some studies we uncovered:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Numerous studies (Oklahoma State University &#8211; 2011; Pearson Foundation &#8211; 2012; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt &#8211; 2012; UC Irvine &#8211; 2013) have shown that the inclusion of new technology in education increases student performance by providing additional tools teachers can use to engage their students. These tools, such as computers and laptops have all been proven to aid in student learning and subject comprehension. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual reality goes one step further by providing an individualistic immersive environment for students that is free of distractions from the outside world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual reality as a learning tool is not a new concept, though the delivery method has evolved with the emergence of head-mounted displays. Several studies have shown that virtual reality\u2019s immersive learning benefits students and increases test scores. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006, a study published in the Journal of Cases on Information Technology showed that <\/span><b>students using virtual reality as a learning tool increased their mean test scores by 14 percent.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That same year, a study by the Queensland University of Technology states that \u201cusing VR technology is&#8230;an effective method of delivering knowledge in the classroom\u201d and that the \u201cintegration of VR technology not only enhances learning, but it also provides participants with real life experience that they can relate to.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2016 test in China reinforced virtual reality\u2019s effectiveness as a supplemental teaching aide and learning tool. In the study,<\/span><b> the passing rate for the groups that engaged with the subject matter in VR were 90 percent while the pass rate for the non-VR group &#8211; studying the same material &#8211; was only 40 percent. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2010 article from the National Center for Biotechnical Information states that <\/span><b>virtual reality provides an \u201ceducation pedagogy to enhance learning outcomes beyond that provided by more traditional online or face-to-face development activities.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2011, a study from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University showed that <\/span><b>virtual reality can \u201cenhance students\u2019 learning experiences by providing them with a heuristic and highly interactive simulated virtual environment.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A paper published for the 2012 International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age stated that virtual reality helps make the \u201cteaching\/learning process more interesting and pleasant to the students while facilitating the teacher\u2019s work during the evaluation performance (testing)\u201d. \u00a0(see: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/7014255\/?section=abstract\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/7014255\/?section=abstract<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This increased interest level by students and teachers centers around the ability that virtual reality has to provide individual immersive learning perspectives while presenting students with experiences they might not otherwise be able to explore. These experiences can be delivered in the form of a \u201cvirtual field trip\u201d &#8211; where students are part of a 360-degree landscape by viewing films show with virtual reality cameras &#8211; or through immersion within a computer generated environment that takes them to places that are normally unreachable (ex. Outer Space, inside the the Human Body, and ancient or prehistoric times). <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><b>Being explorative and fun are essential parts of students\u2019 learning experiences<\/b><br \/>\n<b>\u00a0&#8211; Kung Wong Lau, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2011<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>ACT <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">test scores consistently show that less than \u2153 of American students are proficient in science when they take their college entrance examination. Theoretically, these are our best students so it stands to reason that we need to find new ways to spark enthusiastic learning in the STEM fields. Virtual reality is the best hope for this renewed commitment to science as watch this revolution unfold. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Steve Grubbs is the co-founder and CEO of VictoryXR, a curriculum based virtual reality learning company. Learn more at VictoryXR.biz\/education<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Steve Grubbs CEO, VictoryXR, Inc. It makes sense that virtual reality would improve learning, after all it\u2019s immersive, engaging and experiential all in one. 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