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Virtual Reality in Education: A Theoretical Approach for Road Safety Training to Students - Emmanuel Fokides, et al, EURODL
The unsystematic way Road Safety is taught in Greece's primary schools led us to reassess the teaching framework of the subject, examining ways in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) might provide solutions that are more efficient. Among the various technologies considered, Virtual Reality (VR) seems to amass a number of interesting characteristics. The article discusses, from a theoretical and cognitive perspective, the advantages and disadvantages of the use of VR in Road Safety Education, in comparison to the conventional and ICT based alternatives. It is concluded that VR can be a serious tool of use in road safety education if some parameters are met.
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