STEVE (video session): a pedagogical agent for virtual reality
AGENTS '98 Proceedings of the second international conference on Autonomous agents
Design of a 3D interactive math learning environment
DIS '02 Proceedings of the 4th conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques
VR Juggler: A Virtual Platform for Virtual Reality Application Development
VR '01 Proceedings of the Virtual Reality 2001 Conference (VR'01)
A Model for Understanding How Virtual Reality Aids Complex Conceptual Learning
Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
VRMDS: an intuitive virtual environment for supporting the conceptual design of mechanisms
Virtual Reality - Special Issue on Manufacturing and Construction
Analysis of assessment opportunities of learning spaces: On-line versus face to face methodologies
Computers in Human Behavior
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Practical training is what brings imagination and creativity to fruition, which relies significantly on the relevant technical skills needed. Thus, the current study has placed its emphasis on strengthening the learning of technical skills with emerging innovations in technology, while studying the effects of employing such technologies at the same time. As for the students who participated in the study, technical skills had been cultivated in the five dimensions of knowledge, comprehension, simulation, application, and creativity, in accordance to the set teaching objectives and the taxonomy for students learning outcome, while the virtual reality learning environment (VRLE) has also been developed to meet different goals as the various technical skills were being examined. In terms of the nature of technology, operation of machines, selection of process parameters, and process planning in technical skills, VRLE has also designed the six modules of ''learning resource'', ''digital content'', ''collaborative learning'', ''formative evaluation'', ''simulation of manufacturing process'', and ''practical exercise'' in particular for providing students with assistance in the development on their technical skills on a specific, gradual basis. After assessing the technical skills that have been developed for the time period of one semester, the students have reported finding VRLE to be a significantly effective method when considering the three dimensions of ''operation of machines'', ''selection of process parameter'', and ''process planning'', though not so much so when it came to the dimension of ''nature of technology''. Among the six modules, ''simulation of manufacturing process'' and ''practical exercise'' were the two that were most preferred by students for the three dimensions considered.