New project at BeLEARN: Virtual Reality in Vocational Education
BeLEARN VR is a project including several different studies with virtual reality (VR) as a common denominator. The whole project aims to shed light on the affordances and effects of immersive virtual reality (IVR) to support learning (in particular: procedural and emotional learning, e.g., stress management) in different fields of vocational education and training.
BeLearn VR includes a variety of studies in different professions on the use of virtual reality – both in the form of computer-generated and of 360° video-based virtual reality – to support learning. Immersive or non-immersive modality of use are foreseen. In the former case the learning materials can be used on a personal computer, in the latter using a head-mounted display. Depending on the study, the cognitive, emotional, or behavioral component of learning will be investigated most.
A research team led by Prof. Dr. Alberto Cattaneo is investigating these new technologies in relation to apprentice learning under the umbrella of BeLEARN. BeLEARN is an initiative supported by the Canton of Berne in which SFUVET and other universities from all over Switzerland and associated partners participate with projects and start-ups on the topic of digitalisation and education.