VR-Electricians: Immersive storytelling for attracting students to the electrical construction industry. (October 2021)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- VR-Electricians: Immersive storytelling for attracting students to the electrical construction industry. (October 2021)
- Main Title:
- VR-Electricians: Immersive storytelling for attracting students to the electrical construction industry
- Authors:
- Wen, Jing
Gheisari, Masoud - Abstract:
- Highlights: Immersive storytelling can attract students to the electrical construction industry. VR-Electricians uses 360-degree immersive sites with virtual electricians. VR-Electricians was assessed using a pretest-posttest design. VR-Electricians significantly enhanced several aspects of students' attitude. VR-Electricians was rated positively for system usability and social presence. Abstract: Although it is projected to have significant employment growth in the electrical construction industry, there are not enough young people to join the workforce. It is indispensable for the future of work in construction to explore emerging technologies and effectively attract the younger generation to the construction industry. This paper explores the innovative use of 360-degree immersive environments powered by virtual electricians to tell success stories of the electrical construction trades on the field ( VR-Electricians ) and understand how such an immersive storytelling approach can attract young people to join the industry. A pretest-posttest design was used for the VR-Electricians assessment. VR-Electricians was found to significantly enhance several aspects of students' attitude towards the electrical construction industry. VR-Electricians was also rated as a highly usable and easy-to-use system. The outcomes of this study provide construction researchers and practitioners an understanding of how immersive storytelling can be used as a powerful technology-mediated methodHighlights: Immersive storytelling can attract students to the electrical construction industry. VR-Electricians uses 360-degree immersive sites with virtual electricians. VR-Electricians was assessed using a pretest-posttest design. VR-Electricians significantly enhanced several aspects of students' attitude. VR-Electricians was rated positively for system usability and social presence. Abstract: Although it is projected to have significant employment growth in the electrical construction industry, there are not enough young people to join the workforce. It is indispensable for the future of work in construction to explore emerging technologies and effectively attract the younger generation to the construction industry. This paper explores the innovative use of 360-degree immersive environments powered by virtual electricians to tell success stories of the electrical construction trades on the field ( VR-Electricians ) and understand how such an immersive storytelling approach can attract young people to join the industry. A pretest-posttest design was used for the VR-Electricians assessment. VR-Electricians was found to significantly enhance several aspects of students' attitude towards the electrical construction industry. VR-Electricians was also rated as a highly usable and easy-to-use system. The outcomes of this study provide construction researchers and practitioners an understanding of how immersive storytelling can be used as a powerful technology-mediated method for attracting students to their field. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Advanced engineering informatics. Volume 50(2021)
- Journal:
- Advanced engineering informatics
- Issue:
- Volume 50(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 50, Issue 2021 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 50
- Issue:
- 2021
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0050-2021-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10
- Subjects:
- Immersive storytelling -- Virtual Reality (VR) -- 360-degree VR -- Student recruitment -- Virtual storyteller -- Workforce shortage
Computer-aided engineering -- Periodicals
Engineering -- Data processing -- Periodicals
620.00285 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14740346 ↗
http://books.google.com/books?id=KhFVAAAAMAAJ ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.aei.2021.101411 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1474-0346
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