Rejuvenation Island: Enriching the learning journey through immersion in virtual restorative environments

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dc.contributor.authorJones JK
dc.contributor.authorMurphy A
dc.contributor.authorFarley, Helen
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-12T22:57:33Z
dc.date.available2022-09-12T22:57:33Z
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.date.updated2022-08-09T02:38:06Z
dc.description.abstractImmersive natural environments provide a means of restoration for adults and may present benefits for pre-service teachers who are unfamiliar with the natural world. The use of restorative virtual environments could be extended to schools in urban areas in particular, allowing pupils and their teachers to undertake field trips, and to relax in a calming and restorative context. This paper reports on a project that investigates the potential restorative benefits of immersion in simulated natural environments in virtual worlds. A cohort of pre-service teachers were taken into the simulated environment and reported that the island produced strong positive feelings in respondents, akin to being in a natural environment. However, it was also clear that a lack of familiarity with virtual environments diminishes the beneficial impacts of this immersion.en
dc.identifier.citationFarley H, Jones JK, Murphy A (2012). Rejuvenation Island: Enriching the learning journey through immersion in virtual restorative environments. ASCILITE 2012 - Annual conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education.en
dc.identifier.isbn9780473229894
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/104429
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectrestorative environmentsen
dc.subjectvirtual worldsen
dc.subjectteacher educationen
dc.subjectbiophiliaen
dc.subjecteffects of natureen
dc.subjectrestorative therapyen
dc.subjectstress managementen
dc.subjectSecond Lifeen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390405 - Educational technology and computingen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390409 - Learning sciencesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390412 - Teacher and student wellbeingen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::52 - Psychology::5201 - Applied and developmental psychology::520102 - Educational psychologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::46 - Information and computing sciences::4607 - Graphics, augmented reality and games::460708 - Virtual and mixed realityen
dc.titleRejuvenation Island: Enriching the learning journey through immersion in virtual restorative environmentsen
dc.typeConference Contributions - Publisheden
uc.collegeFaculty of Law
uc.departmentFaculty of Law
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