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Virtual reality for workplace learning

March 19, 2018

VR has been rated by the L&D Global Sentiment Survey as the fourth-hottest workplace trend for 2017. But the inevitable question now arising is: ‘Is virtual reality for learning just hype?’. VR offers big opportunities for learning, but currently there are few evaluative studies on the usefulness of VR as a learning tool1 . This exploratory pilot study aims to uncover the relative effectiveness of VR for workplace learning by comparing it against two other popular digital learning media types: an online PDF, and a gamified elearning interaction.

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Virtual reality for workplace learning