APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Put on Your Learning Goggles: The Mediating Effect of Enjoyment in Immersive Virtual Reality on Learning
- Vani Tankha
University of California Santa Barbara - Hana Ibarra
University of California, Santa Barbara - Colleen Wang
University of California, Santa Barbara - Gabrielle Hyde
University of California, Santa Barbara - Melissa Insauste
University of California, Santa Barbara - Amedee Martella
University of California, Santa Barbara - Alyssa Lawson
University of California, Santa Barbara - Alyssa Lawson
University of California, Santa Barbara - Richard Mayer
University of California, Santa Barbara
Abstract
This experiment investigated how enjoyment mediates the relationship between learning environment, either immersive virtual reality or slideshow lesson, and posttest performance. The Cognitive Affective Model of Immersive Learning and Immersion Principle predict conflicting outcomes of IVR on learning; thus this research aimed to test these theories in an experimental setting.
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