Effectiveness of an Immersive Virtual Environment (CAVE) for Teaching Pedestrian Crossing to Children with PDD-NOS

Aimilia Tzanavari; Nefi Charalambous Darden; Kyriakos Herakleous; Charalambos Poullis

doi:10.1109/ICALT.2015.85

Effectiveness of an Immersive Virtual Environment (CAVE) for Teaching Pedestrian Crossing to Children with PDD-NOS

Aimilia Tzanavari, Nefi Charalambous Darden, Kyriakos Herakleous, Charalambos Poullis

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Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) exhibit a range of developmental disabilities, with mild to severe effects in social interaction and communication. Children with PDD-NOS, Autism and co-existing conditions are facing enormous challenges in their lives, dealing with their difficulties in sensory perception, repetitive behaviors and interests. These challenges result in them being less independent or not independent at all. Part of becoming independent involves being able to function in real world settings, settings that are not controlled. Pedestrian crossings fall under this category: as children (and later as adults) they have to learn to cross roads safely. In this paper, we report on a study we carried out with 6 children with PDD-NOS over a period of four (4) days using a VR CAVE virtual environment to teach them how to safely cross at a pedestrian crossing. Results indicated that most children were able to achieve the desired goal of learning the task, which was verified in the end of the 4-day period by having them cross a real pedestrian crossing (albeit with their parent/educator discretely next to them for safety reasons).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	6–9 July 2015 Hualien, Taiwan
Editors	Demetrios G. Sampson, Ronghuai Huang, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Tzu-Chien Liu, Nian-Shing Chen, Kinshuk, Chin-Chung Tsai
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	423-427
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-7333-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2015.85
Publication status	Published - 17 Sept 2015
Event	IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - Hualien, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 6 Jul 2015 → 9 Jul 2015 Conference number: 15

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Conference	IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Hualien
Period	6/07/15 → 9/07/15

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Tzanavari, A., Charalambous Darden, N., Herakleous, K., & Poullis, C. (2015). Effectiveness of an Immersive Virtual Environment (CAVE) for Teaching Pedestrian Crossing to Children with PDD-NOS. In D. G. Sampson, R. Huang, G.-J. Hwang, T.-C. Liu, N.-S. Chen, Kinshuk, & C.-C. Tsai (Eds.), IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: 6–9 July 2015 Hualien, Taiwan (pp. 423-427). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2015.85

Tzanavari, Aimilia ; Charalambous Darden, Nefi ; Herakleous, Kyriakos et al. / Effectiveness of an Immersive Virtual Environment (CAVE) for Teaching Pedestrian Crossing to Children with PDD-NOS. IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: 6–9 July 2015 Hualien, Taiwan. editor / Demetrios G. Sampson ; Ronghuai Huang ; Gwo-Jen Hwang ; Tzu-Chien Liu ; Nian-Shing Chen ; Kinshuk ; Chin-Chung Tsai. IEEE, 2015. pp. 423-427

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Tzanavari, A, Charalambous Darden, N, Herakleous, K & Poullis, C 2015, Effectiveness of an Immersive Virtual Environment (CAVE) for Teaching Pedestrian Crossing to Children with PDD-NOS. in DG Sampson, R Huang, G-J Hwang, T-C Liu, N-S Chen, Kinshuk & C-C Tsai (eds), IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: 6–9 July 2015 Hualien, Taiwan. IEEE, pp. 423-427, IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Hualien, Taiwan, Province of China, 6/07/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2015.85

Effectiveness of an Immersive Virtual Environment (CAVE) for Teaching Pedestrian Crossing to Children with PDD-NOS. / Tzanavari, Aimilia; Charalambous Darden, Nefi; Herakleous, Kyriakos et al.
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Tzanavari A, Charalambous Darden N, Herakleous K, Poullis C. Effectiveness of an Immersive Virtual Environment (CAVE) for Teaching Pedestrian Crossing to Children with PDD-NOS. In Sampson DG, Huang R, Hwang GJ, Liu TC, Chen NS, Kinshuk, Tsai CC, editors, IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: 6–9 July 2015 Hualien, Taiwan. IEEE. 2015. p. 423-427 doi: 10.1109/ICALT.2015.85

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