Title :
Enhancing engineering education through distributed virtual reality
Author :
Sulbaran, Tulio ; Baker, Nelson C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Visual interaction can greatly change the way engineering is performed both in learning new materials and in terms of explaining activities between practicing professionals. The paper presents a study to develop and assess distributed virtual reality (DVR) for engineering education. Strategic key criteria are presented followed with the development and assessment of a DVR tool that allows the evaluation of learner issues such as: reading/following instructions, navigation, interaction, responsiveness, knowledge transfer, engagement and acceptance. The results suggest that DVR has the potential for enhancing engineering education. More extensive DVR development and assessment and international distributed deployment will further our understanding of more precise interactions
Keywords :
courseware; distributed processing; engineering computing; engineering education; teaching; virtual reality; DVR development; DVR tool; distributed virtual reality; engineering education; instruction following; interaction; international distributed deployment; knowledge transfer; learner issues; navigation; practicing professionals; reading; responsiveness; strategic key criteria; visual interaction; Delay; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Engineering students; IEC standards; ISO standards; Internet; Navigation; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6424-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2000.896621
