Work-in-Progress--Extracting, Describing and Representing Spatial Features of a Chemical Reaction inside a Virtual Reality Learning Environment

• Published in: 2021 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) pp. 1 - 3
• Main Authors: Echeverri-Jimenez, Emmanuel, Oliver-Hoyo, Maria
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Immersive Learning Research Network 17.05.2021
• Subjects: Affordances; Chemicals; Chemistry; chemistry visualization tools; cognitive apprenticeship; COVID-19; representational competence; Shape; Virtual reality; virtual reality learning environments; visual-spatial skills; Visualization

This pilot study provides the preliminary results of a Virtual Reality Learning Environment (VRLE) aimed to increase the two aforementioned skills for chemistry graduate students at NC State. For this purpose, a VRLE was built upon four interconnected frameworks: (1) cognitive apprenticeship, (2) fa...