Virtual reality and education

Abstract

The theoretical and methodological problems raised in the paradigm of virtual educational ontology are discussed. The approaches and models of virtual education and their relationship with the forms of education, proposed by foreign researchers, are presented. The philosophical and ontological substantiation of the provisions of virtual education is given, the types and levels of virtual reality presented by national researchers are highlighted. A review of empirical results revealed the elaboration of the immersive properties of virtual reality and showed that the severity of the sense of presence depends on the effectiveness of cognitive control functions, the quality of virtual reality and the level of immersion. The virtual training programs developed by national researchers, according to the test results, showed an improvement in the answers of poorly performing students by 40-50%, and among excellent students and gifted ones by 100%. The results obtained strongly indicate the positive impact of virtual education on academic performance.

Keywords

• educational virtual reality
• simulated spaces
• immersive properties
• ontology of virtual education
• constructivist and situational learning