TY  - CHAP
A1  - Gonnermann, Jana
A1  - Teichmann, Malte
T1  - Influence of pre-experience on learning, usability and cognitive load in a virtual learning environment
T2  - Americas conference on information systems
N2  - Virtual reality can have advantages for education and learning. However, it must be adequately designed so that the learner benefits from the technological possibilities. Understanding the underlying effects of the virtual learning environment and the learner’s prior experience with virtual reality or prior knowledge of the content is necessary to design a proper virtual learning environment. This article presents a pre-study testing the design of a virtual learning environment for engineering vocational training courses. In the pre-study, 12 employees of two companies joined the training course in one of the two degrees of immersion (desktop VR and VR HMD). Quantitative results on learning success, cognitive load, usability, and motivation and qualitative learning process data were presented. The qualitative data assessment shows that overall, the employees were satisfied with the learning environment regardless of the level of immersion and that the participants asked for more guidance and structure accompanying the learning process. Further research is needed to test for solid group differences.
KW  - immersion
KW  - virtual learning environments
KW  - learner characteristics
KW  - vocational training
KW  - cognitive load theory
Y1  - 2023
UR  - https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/sig_ed/sig_ed/25/
IS  - 1871
PB  - AIS
CY  - Atlanta
ER  -