Enhancing Procedural Knowledge Retention by Immersive Virtual Reality Training

• In Event: Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Education

Abstract

Immersive virtual reality (VR) technology has brought many new opportunities for training researchers and students. In this research study, we tested how much procedural knowledge the trainees could learn from the virtual reality (VR) training compared with traditional media training (video plus instruction manual). We also specifically focused on how well the knowledge could retain after a certain amount of time. The finding of this study shows that VR training can help trainees learn procedural knowledge and can help enhance procedural knowledge retention in terms of recall error. However, we did not find any significant difference in recall time between VR training group and the traditional media training group.

Authors

• Jun Zhang, Purdue University

• Brenda Gonzalez, Purdue University

• Jiahui Dong, Purdue University

• Yingjie Chen, Purdue University

• Yue Yin, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Wen Jiang, Purdue University