D&D Showcase-A Scenario-based Virtual Reality (VR) Learning Environment for Child Pedestrian Safety Education

• In Event: D&D Showcase

Short Description

One hundred children are killed every week globally due to road accidents. Pedestrian casualty rates for children are more than four times that for adults, despite their lower rate of exposure to roads. To address this issue, a scenario-based Virtual Reality (VR) learning environment has been developed. Through the analysis of accident cases and related statistics, the most frequent accident scenario was recreated and represented in a VR environment. By applying a critical incident technique to elicit children’s thinking processes, we have developed scaffolding strategies to guide children’s decision making and actions in the VR environment.

Authors

• Presenter: Sejung Kwon, The University of Georgia

• Presenter: Katherine Walters, University of Georigia

• Presenter: Yeonjoo Ko, The University of Georgia

• Contributor: Liz Melendez, University of Georgia

• Contributor: Cheryl Wilson, University of Georgia

• Contributor: Tingting Yang, Central China Normal University

• Contributor: Raymond Cho, Globepoint Inc., Korea

• Contributor: Kevin Han, Globepoint Inc., Korea

• Contributor: Claire Chung, Globepoint Inc., Korea

• Contributor: DH Kim, Globepoint Inc., Korea

• Contributor: Sooyeon Song, Korea Road Traffic Authority

• Presenter: Ikseon Choi, The University of Georgia