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Development and Effect Analysis of Experiential Electrical Safety Education System Based on Virtual Reality

가상현실 기반 체험형 전기안전 교육 시스템의 개발 및 효과 분석

  • Jeon, Jeong-Chay (Electrical Safety Research Institute, Korea Electrical Safety Co.)
  • Received : 2016.08.05
  • Accepted : 2016.09.20
  • Published : 2016.10.01
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Abstract

Every year, lives are lost due to electrical safety accidents that could have been prevented with proper education and awareness of electrical safety. To prevent such accidents, experiential education is more effective than indoctrination education. This paper describes the electrical safety education system based on virtual reality (VR) and evaluates effect of the proposed system. Users operated the experiential electrical safety education system, and they were provided electrical stimulation in an electric shock experience using a haptic device. Appropriate stimulation values were calculated according to age (children vs. adults) and gender through experiment. The scenario in which participants experience electrical safety in the home environment was structured, and related educational contents was produced. A total of 68 healthy elementary students evaluated the educational effect of the system. The results showed that the educational effect and the sustainability of effect of the proposed system are superior to those of existing multimedia learning methods. By implementing electrical safety education stimulating the senses of human, the learning effect was promoted and this experiential education would be able to prevent electrical accidents.

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