"“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments

Virtual Reality is a growing technology not just in the general case, but especially within education. The post-COVID world demonstrated the need for remote access to resources, which can also inadvertently aid in distributing resources more effectively. Virtual Reality, as an immersive experience...

Täydet tiedot

Bibliografiset tiedot
Päätekijä: Millman, Joshua
Muut tekijät: Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2025
Aiheet:
Linkit: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/103115
_version_ 1835219122874482688
author Millman, Joshua
author2 Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta Faculty of Education and Psychology Kasvatustieteiden laitos Department of Education Jyväskylän yliopisto University of Jyväskylä
author_facet Millman, Joshua Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta Faculty of Education and Psychology Kasvatustieteiden laitos Department of Education Jyväskylän yliopisto University of Jyväskylä Millman, Joshua Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta Faculty of Education and Psychology Kasvatustieteiden laitos Department of Education Jyväskylän yliopisto University of Jyväskylä
author_sort Millman, Joshua
datasource_str_mv jyx
description Virtual Reality is a growing technology not just in the general case, but especially within education. The post-COVID world demonstrated the need for remote access to resources, which can also inadvertently aid in distributing resources more effectively. Virtual Reality, as an immersive experience, may be a valid medium for remote learning. This study further investigates VRs ability to uphold presence and engagement on large scale distance learning. This study seeks to compare VRs ability to facilitate remote learning to methods involving video calls, which do not perform well in these metrics. This study relies on data from 9 survey respondents and 3 interviews after experiencing a VR demo session simulating the first human colony of mars. This data was analyzed using a mixed methods approach In the end, the demo session had mixed results on presence, engagement, and cultural competence with some trends emerging. On one hand, quantita-tive analysis yielded a statistically significant increase in self-presence pre and post demo. On the other hand, interviews unveiled several complex relations between the metrics, and contextualized findings related in the impact of VR on each variable. Due to the low number of participants, further investigation is required to understand the full potential for VR to achieve presence, engagement, and cul-tural competence. That said, the results of this study serve to better understand the impact VR learning spaces have on presence, engagement, and cultural competence and fill some research gaps on the subject.
first_indexed 2025-06-05T20:01:11Z
format Pro gradu
free_online_boolean 1
fullrecord [{"key": "dc.contributor.advisor", "value": "H\u00e4hki\u00f6niemi, Markus", "language": null, "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "advisor", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.author", "value": "Millman, Joshua", "language": null, "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "author", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.date.accessioned", "value": "2025-06-05T05:48:54Z", "language": null, "element": "date", "qualifier": "accessioned", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.date.available", "value": "2025-06-05T05:48:54Z", "language": null, "element": "date", "qualifier": "available", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.date.issued", "value": "2025", "language": null, "element": "date", "qualifier": "issued", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.identifier.uri", "value": "https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/103115", "language": null, "element": "identifier", "qualifier": "uri", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.abstract", "value": "", "language": "fi", "element": "description", "qualifier": "abstract", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.abstract", "value": "Virtual Reality is a growing technology not just in the general case, but especially within education. The post-COVID world demonstrated the need for remote access to resources, which can also inadvertently aid in distributing resources more effectively. Virtual Reality, as an immersive experience, may be a valid medium for remote learning. This study further investigates VRs ability to uphold presence and engagement on large scale distance learning. This study seeks to compare VRs ability to facilitate remote learning to methods involving video calls, which do not perform well in these metrics.\nThis study relies on data from 9 survey respondents and 3 interviews after experiencing a VR demo session simulating the first human colony of mars. This data was analyzed using a mixed methods approach \nIn the end, the demo session had mixed results on presence, engagement, and cultural competence with some trends emerging. On one hand, quantita-tive analysis yielded a statistically significant increase in self-presence pre and post demo. On the other hand, interviews unveiled several complex relations between the metrics, and contextualized findings related in the impact of VR on each variable.\nDue to the low number of participants, further investigation is required to understand the full potential for VR to achieve presence, engagement, and cul-tural competence. That said, the results of this study serve to better understand the impact VR learning spaces have on presence, engagement, and cultural competence and fill some research gaps on the subject.", "language": "en", "element": "description", "qualifier": "abstract", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.provenance", "value": "Submitted by Paivi Vuorio (paelvuor@jyu.fi) on 2025-06-05T05:48:54Z\nNo. of bitstreams: 0", "language": "en", "element": "description", "qualifier": "provenance", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.provenance", "value": "Made available in DSpace on 2025-06-05T05:48:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0\n Previous issue date: 2025", "language": "en", "element": "description", "qualifier": "provenance", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.format.extent", "value": "67", "language": null, "element": "format", "qualifier": "extent", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.language.iso", "value": "eng", "language": null, "element": "language", "qualifier": "iso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.rights", "value": "In Copyright", "language": null, "element": "rights", "qualifier": null, "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.other", "value": "engagement", "language": null, "element": "subject", "qualifier": "other", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.title", "value": "\"\u201cEngaging\u201d with remote virtual reality learning environments", "language": null, "element": "title", "qualifier": null, "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.type", "value": "master thesis", "language": null, "element": "type", "qualifier": null, "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.identifier.urn", "value": "URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202506054920", "language": null, "element": "identifier", "qualifier": "urn", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.faculty", "value": "Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta", "language": "fi", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "faculty", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.faculty", "value": "Faculty of Education and Psychology", "language": "en", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "faculty", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.department", "value": "Kasvatustieteiden laitos", "language": "fi", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "department", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.department", "value": "Department of Education", "language": "en", "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "department", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.organization", "value": "Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4n yliopisto", "language": null, "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "organization", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.contributor.organization", "value": "University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4", "language": null, "element": "contributor", "qualifier": "organization", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.discipline", "value": "Master's Degree Programme in Education", "language": "fi", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "discipline", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.discipline", "value": "Master's Degree Programme in Education", "language": "en", "element": "subject", "qualifier": "discipline", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.type.coar", "value": "http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdcc", "language": null, "element": "type", "qualifier": "coar", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.rights.copyright", "value": "\u00a9 The Author(s)", "language": "fi", "element": "rights", "qualifier": "copyright", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.rights.accesslevel", "value": "openAccess", "language": null, "element": "rights", "qualifier": "accesslevel", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.type.publication", "value": "masterThesis", "language": null, "element": "type", "qualifier": "publication", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "l\u00e4sn\u00e4olo", "language": null, "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "kulttuurienv\u00e4linen viestint\u00e4", "language": null, "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "virtuaalitodellisuus", "language": null, "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "verkko-oppiminen", "language": null, "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.subject.yso", "value": "opetusteknologia", "language": null, "element": "subject", "qualifier": "yso", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.rights.url", "value": "https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/", "language": null, "element": "rights", "qualifier": "url", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.accessibilityfeature", "value": "unknown accessibility", "language": "en", "element": "description", "qualifier": "accessibilityfeature", "schema": "dc"}, {"key": "dc.description.accessibilityfeature", "value": "ei tietoa saavutettavuudesta", "language": "fi", "element": "description", "qualifier": "accessibilityfeature", "schema": "dc"}]
id jyx.123456789_103115
language eng
last_indexed 2025-06-10T20:00:56Z
main_date 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z
main_date_str 2025
online_boolean 1
online_urls_str_mv {"url":"https:\/\/jyx.jyu.fi\/bitstreams\/d94104c4-f115-4c01-b114-69b97ccf13f8\/download","text":"URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202506054920.pdf","source":"jyx","mediaType":"application\/pdf"}
publishDate 2025
record_format qdc
source_str_mv jyx
spellingShingle Millman, Joshua "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments engagement Master's Degree Programme in Education läsnäolo kulttuurienvälinen viestintä virtuaalitodellisuus verkko-oppiminen opetusteknologia
title "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments
title_full "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments
title_fullStr "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments
title_full_unstemmed "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments
title_short "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments
title_sort engaging with remote virtual reality learning environments
title_txtP "“Engaging” with remote virtual reality learning environments
topic engagement Master's Degree Programme in Education läsnäolo kulttuurienvälinen viestintä virtuaalitodellisuus verkko-oppiminen opetusteknologia
topic_facet Master's Degree Programme in Education engagement kulttuurienvälinen viestintä läsnäolo opetusteknologia verkko-oppiminen virtuaalitodellisuus
url https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/103115 http://www.urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202506054920
work_keys_str_mv AT millmanjoshua engagingwithremotevirtualrealitylearningenvironments