101. The Effects of Immersive Virtual Reality in Providing Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Training

• In Event: Gallery Walk & Welcome Reception
  In Poster Session: DELT: Emerging Learning Technologies Poster Session

Short Description

A pilot study was conducted to examine the effects of immersive virtual reality (VR) in helping Biomedical Engineering students develop biological laboratory safety skills. An in-depth analysis was performed on four participants who received a VR training session, which was followed by a transfer task to a real lab. The preliminary analysis indicated the advantage of VR in effectively developing students’ procedural skills with high fidelity, which also helped to boost their confidence.

Authors

• Contributor: Xun Ge, University of Oklahoma

• Contributor: Sarah Breen, The University of Oklahoma

• Contributor: Ali Ceyhun Muftuoglu, University of Oklahoma