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Exploring Science Knowledge Representation With Learner-Generated Immersive Virtual Reality Drawing (Poster 24)
Sat, April 15, 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (8:00 to 9:30am CDT), Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower - Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition HallAbstract
Drawing has been shown to be a productive tool in promoting learners to reflect on their knowledge. This research investigates the potential affordances of drawing representations of science concepts within a fully immersive virtual reality (VR) drawing environment. Drawing in VR provides new possibilities for exploring spatial arrangement and scale that have the potential to innovate the knowledge representation process. Taking a qualitative approach, participants engaged in drawing sessions as they constructed a representation of their existing knowledge around the lunar phases. Analysis of the recorded sessions allowed for the identification of a series of VR affordances leveraged by participants, as well as patterns of representation construction that can inform the development of future VR drawing software and activity designs.