Designing Immersive Mobile Mixed Reality for Paramedic Education
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Cochrane, Thomas; Cook, Stuart; Aiello, Stephen; Aguayo, Claudio; Danobeitia, Cristobal; Boncompte, Gonzalo
- Source
- 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2018 IEEE International Conference on. :645-650 Dec, 2018
- Subject
- Engineering Profession
General Topics for Engineers
Virtual reality
Education
Prototypes
Solid modeling
Distributed Bragg reflectors
Australia
Conferences
mobile mixed reality
enhanced critical response scenarios
paramedic education
design-based research
biometric feedback
- Language
- ISSN
- 2470-6698
This paper outlines and critiques the first two stages of a mobile mixed reality design-based research study exploring the design and evaluation of mobile virtual reality for paramedic education. We triangulate subjective student immersive environment feedback with objective biometric data to gain clearer insights into the impact of these immersive environments on student learning. In the study high-risk critical care scenarios are simulated using a low-cost mobile virtual reality environment, utilizing student-owned devices. The scenarios are designed to stimulate student identification of environmental risk factors before treating a critical care patient, ensuring the safety of both the patient and the first-responders, leading to increased chances of patient survival and recovery. We discuss the design principles behind the project and evaluate the first prototype scenario to guide the redesign of the data capture methodology for the next stage of the research.