A Critical Review of the Use of Virtual Reality in Software Engineering Education and Training.
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Virtual Reality (VR) has been rapidly recognized and implemented in Software Development training (SDT ) in recent years due to its benefits of providing an engaging and immersive environment. The objective of this review is to critically collect and analyze the VR applications in SDT, aiming at all VR-related journal papers published from 1997 to 2017. The review follows a three-stage analysis of VR technologies, applications, and future directions through a systematic analysis. It is found that the ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT technologies adopted for SDT evolve over time, from desktop-based VR, immersive VR, 3D game-based VR, to Building Information Modelling (BIM)-enabled ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT. A sibling technology, Augmented Reality (AR), for SDT adoptions has also emerged in recent years. These technologies have been applied in architecture and design visualization, construction health and safety training, equipment and operational task training, as well as structural analysis. Future research directions, including the integration of VR with emerging education paradigms and visualization technologies, have also been provided. The findings are useful for both researchers and educators to usefully integrate ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT in their education and training programs to improve training performance.

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Outline of Research and Development Project: Educating in the metaverse: Are virtual reality classrooms the future of education? What is metaverse learning?
Concept Model (Theory): TEACH VR-SDT IN THE METAVERSE

Proof of Concept (Proving the Theory): Deploying the VR-SDT to Campus and classes

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Concept Model (Theory): TEACH IN THE METAVERSE using ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT
ALAMBDA is a leading provider of high-quality, interactive, and immersive content using virtual and augmented reality solutions.
Give your students an interactive and immersive virtual classroom from your browser on desktop, mobile, and ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT school campus.

VR-SDT in-class learning and Collaboration tools.

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Imagine a world where you could work, train, and learn in virtual reality. A place where you could be whatever you want to be, with unlimited possibilities. Where your skills are put to the test in a safe and limitless environment. Where the best of the best go-to showcase their talent to the world. This is our vision for Alambda Link ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT. We provide services in VR software development, training, college preparation, vocational education, and Java programming.
Students will be permitted to choose their own course of studies and select projects and tasks scheduled as live ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT sessions, which could take them from Ancient Rome or the Oval Office in the White House for a history class or let them get up close up and personal with the planets for astronomy.

The school, which claims to be the “world’s first virtual classroom,” says they are addressing a need borne out of the COVID-19 pandemic with its many waves and variants, to find alternative ways to reach pupils.

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Immersive Learning is a Java-based open-source Virtual Reality platform that offers a complete library of interactive training modules for any profession. It has been used extensively in the fields of vocational training, education, and workplace training. Immersive Learning has been downloaded by over 500K people around the world and has over 6,000 active users monthly.

What are the advantages of metaverse?
A platform based on Metaverse provides a more immersive experience for social media users by enticing a feeling of presence among them. Combining virtual reality and augmented reality enables a more realistic digital experience beyond the present social media universe’s abilities.

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What If Our Only Solution to the Teacher Shortage is the Metaverse ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT?
25% of American teachers planned to leave the profession this year. As of this month, the number of teachers “very likely” to leave the profession has increased to 33% according to an EdWeek Research Center Survey. If we also add those “somewhat likely” to resign, the total of potential teachers leaving the profession becomes 54%.

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Proof of Concept,

The proposal – To Department of Education We focus on the use of immersive ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT in higher education and answer the following questions:

How are immersive ALAMBDA LINK – VR SDT technologies embedded into higher education?

What design elements, learning contents, and immersive technologies have been laid out to support VR-SDT-based learning?

What learning theories have been applied to guide VR-SDT application design and development for higher education?

What evaluation methods have been employed to evaluate the learning outcomes?

What higher education domains have applied VR-SDT to teaching and learning?

Supporting Research:
STTR for the Technology Transfer Platform to be built is a priority
VR-SDT has been described as the learning aid of the 21st century (Rogers, 2019). A study suggests that students retain more information and can better apply what they had learned after participating in VR-SDT exercises (Krokos, Plaisant, & Varshney, 2019).
Due to the increasing scholarly attention paid to VR-SDT technologies, there are already a few comprehensive overviews and systematic mappings of VR-SDT applications for education (Jensen and Konradsen, 2018, Merchant et al., 2014). For example, Merchant et al. (2014) focus on desktop VR in education while Jensen and Konradsen (2018) emphasize the application of HMD technologies. Although Jensen and Konradsen (2018) have a similar focus to this review, which is in terms of learning experience and learning outcome, they are not specific about their target audience (such as K12, higher education, vocational training, or job training).

1. Theoretical background
In this section, we draw the background of the two main topics combined in this paper: immersive VR-SDT and learning theories. Bringing these topics together allows us to analyze the usage of VR-SDT in the higher education context.

1.1. VR-SDT and immersion
VR-SDT can be defined as “the sum of the hardware and software systems that seek to perfect an all-inclusive, sensory illusion of being present in another environment” (Biocca & Delaney, 1995). Immersion, presence, and interactivity are regarded as the core characteristics of VR technologies (Ryan, 2015, Walsh and Pawlowski, 2002). The term interactivity can be described as the degree to which a user can modify the VR environment in real-time (Steuer, 1995). Presence is considered as “the subjective experience of being in one place or environment, even when one is physically situated in another” (Witmer & Singer, 1998). While researchers largely agree on the definitions of interactivity and presence, differing views exist on the concept of immersion. One branch of researchers suggests that immersion should be viewed as a technological attribute that can be assessed objectively (Slater & Wilbur, 1997), whereas others describe immersion as a subjective, individual belief, i.e., a psychological phenomenon (Witmer & Singer, 1998).

Experientialism:
describes learning as following a cycle of experiential stages, from concrete experience, observation and reflection, and abstract conceptualization to testing concepts in new situations. Experientialism adopts the constructivist’s point of view to some extent—e.g., that learning should be drawn from a learner’s personal experience. The teacher takes on the role of a facilitator to motivate learners to address the various stages of the learning cycle (Kolb & Kolb, 2012).

Connectivism:
takes into account the digital age by assuming that people process information by forming connections. This newly introduced paradigm suggests that people do not stop learning after completing their formal education. They continue to search for and gain knowledge outside of traditional education channels, such as job skills, networking, experience, and access to information, by making use of new technology tools (Siemens, 2014).

Let’s face it: our world is changing – fast. New technologies are being developed and every day, new jobs are being created because of them. But there is a gap: the skills that people need to work in these new jobs aren’t always immediately available in our schools and colleges.

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