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Educational trends post COVID-19 in engineering: Virtual laboratories.

Diego Vergara¹, Pablo Fernández-Arias¹, Jamil Extremera²

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Catholic University of Ávila, Ávila 05005, Spain.

Materials Today. Proceedings

|January 12, 2022

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Virtual laboratories (VLs) using virtual reality (VR) are increasingly adopted in engineering education. Students widely accept VR-based VLs, but still find real laboratories (RLs) essential for hybrid learning models.

Area of Science:

Engineering Education
Educational Technology
Virtual Reality Applications

Background:

The rapid advancement of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the COVID-19 pandemic have transformed education.
Virtual laboratories (VLs) leveraging virtual reality (VR) have emerged as innovative teaching tools.
VLs offer numerous advantages, becoming increasingly prevalent in university engineering courses.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the acceptance and effectiveness of VR-based virtual laboratories in engineering education.
To analyze student perceptions of different parameters within author-designed VLs.
To understand the role of VLs alongside traditional real laboratories (RLs) in post-pandemic education.

Main Methods:

A study involving 420 engineering students from Spanish and Portuguese universities.

Keywords:

COVID-19 Didactic tools Engineering Hybrid education Virtual laboratories Virtual reality

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Assessment of various parameters related to virtual laboratories (VLs) designed by the authors.

Analysis of student feedback on the use of virtual reality (VR) in laboratory settings.

Main Results:

VR-based VLs are generally well-accepted and in demand by engineering students.
Students perceive real laboratories (RLs) as necessary components of face-to-face instruction.
A significant portion of students expressed a desire for continued use of VLs.

Conclusions:

VR-based VLs are a valuable supplement to traditional engineering education.
The future of engineering education likely involves hybrid models integrating both VLs and RLs.
Student acceptance indicates a promising future for immersive learning technologies in higher education.