Grosser Paula Farina, Xia Zhongxin, Alt Jannik, Rüppel Uwe, Schmalz Britta
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chair of Engineering Hydrology and Water Management (ihwb), Technical University of Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering (IIB), Technical University of Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
Educ Inf Technol (Dordr). 2023;28(6):6977-7003. doi: 10.1007/s10639-022-11434-5. Epub 2022 Nov 28.
With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting contact restrictions, conducting field trips to hydrological research basins became close to impossible. Hydrological field knowledge is an essential part of hydrological education and research. In order to impart this knowledge to students of hydrological engineering subjects in times or situations where on-site exploration is not possible, the VR4Hydro tool was developed. VR4Hydro is a virtual reality platform built from 360° panoramas that allows users to interactively explore the Gersprenz River basin in Germany. The following study seeks to investigate the applicability of performing virtual field trips in the context of hydrological education by evaluating user experience. Sixteen students of the subject engineering hydrology were asked to document their experiences with VR4Hydro using a qualitative approach by answering a series of multiple-choice questions as well as long-answer text questions. The analysis and discussion of the results showed that virtual excursions generally met with great interest among users. The majority rated the virtual tour as a valuable addition to traditional teaching methods. All students found the tool particularly appealing in cases where external circumstances did not allow for a real excursion. The findings of this study show that the application of virtual field trips (VFT) in hydrological engineering can be a valuable supplement to real field trips to improve the interest and learning outcome of students.
随着新冠疫情的爆发以及随之而来的接触限制，前往水文研究流域进行实地考察几乎变得不可能。水文实地知识是水文教育和研究的重要组成部分。为了在无法进行实地考察的时期或情况下，将这些知识传授给水文学工程专业的学生，开发了VR4Hydro工具。VR4Hydro是一个基于360°全景构建的虚拟现实平台，用户可以通过它交互式地探索德国的格施普伦茨河流域。以下研究旨在通过评估用户体验，调查在水文教育背景下进行虚拟实地考察的适用性。16名工程水文学专业的学生被要求通过回答一系列选择题和长文本问题，采用定性方法记录他们使用VR4Hydro的体验。对结果的分析和讨论表明，虚拟考察总体上受到用户的极大关注。大多数人认为虚拟游览是对传统教学方法的有价值补充。所有学生都发现，在外部环境不允许进行实地考察的情况下，该工具特别有吸引力。这项研究的结果表明，在水文工程中应用虚拟实地考察（VFT）可以作为实地考察的有价值补充，以提高学生的兴趣和学习成果。
