The virtual field trip: Investigating how to optimize immersive virtual learning in climate change education
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The virtual field trip : Investigating how to optimize immersive virtual learning in climate change education. / Petersen, Gustav B.; Klingenberg, Sara; Mayer, Richard E.; Makransky, Guido.
In: British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 51, No. 6, 01.11.2020, p. 2098-2114.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The virtual field trip
T2 - Investigating how to optimize immersive virtual learning in climate change education
AU - Petersen, Gustav B.
AU - Klingenberg, Sara
AU - Mayer, Richard E.
AU - Makransky, Guido
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) is being used for educational virtual field trips (VFTs) involving scenarios that may be too difficult, dangerous or expensive to experience in real life. We implemented an immersive VFT within the investigation phase of an inquiry-based learning (IBL) climate change intervention. Students investigated the consequences of climate change by virtually traveling to Greenland and exploring albedo and greenhouse effects first hand. A total of 102 seventh and eighth grade students were randomly assigned to one of two instructional conditions: (1) narrated pretraining followed by IVR exploration or (2) the same narrated training material integrated within the IVR exploration. Students in both conditions showed significant increases in declarative knowledge, self-efficacy, interest, STEM intentions, outcome expectations and intentions to change behavior from the pre- to post-assessment. However, there was a significant difference between conditions favoring the pretraining group on a transfer test consisting of an oral presentation to a fictitious UN panel. The findings suggest that educators can choose to present important prerequisite learning content before or during a VFT. However, adding pretraining may lead to better transfer test performance, presumably because it helps reduce cognitive load while learning in IVR.
AB - Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) is being used for educational virtual field trips (VFTs) involving scenarios that may be too difficult, dangerous or expensive to experience in real life. We implemented an immersive VFT within the investigation phase of an inquiry-based learning (IBL) climate change intervention. Students investigated the consequences of climate change by virtually traveling to Greenland and exploring albedo and greenhouse effects first hand. A total of 102 seventh and eighth grade students were randomly assigned to one of two instructional conditions: (1) narrated pretraining followed by IVR exploration or (2) the same narrated training material integrated within the IVR exploration. Students in both conditions showed significant increases in declarative knowledge, self-efficacy, interest, STEM intentions, outcome expectations and intentions to change behavior from the pre- to post-assessment. However, there was a significant difference between conditions favoring the pretraining group on a transfer test consisting of an oral presentation to a fictitious UN panel. The findings suggest that educators can choose to present important prerequisite learning content before or during a VFT. However, adding pretraining may lead to better transfer test performance, presumably because it helps reduce cognitive load while learning in IVR.
U2 - 10.1111/bjet.12991
DO - 10.1111/bjet.12991
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85087505916
VL - 51
SP - 2098
EP - 2114
JO - British Journal of Educational Technology
JF - British Journal of Educational Technology
SN - 0007-1013
IS - 6
ER -
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