{"id":193,"date":"2025-01-13T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:44:34","slug":"from-myths-to-principles-part-5-myth-learners-learn-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"From Myths to Principles Part 5: Myth: Learners Learn More"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">From Myths to Principles: Navigating Instructional Design in Immersive Environments<br \/>Part 5 Myth: Learners learn more<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2q8RloZ6McGkMVzCobiI9YXdQrT0G6OCfSHIhTxje9SkZL-ySD7bbXHfWoYyCvHp-pnVX6bBC5HcQiunHtwV__5X-yj0_AhAph4k1pD5EQT00PfJdaYR2273YgevCGOO8UCLurSJaHvB1jsPkGZZCSt2kSAch3CdofID3_aFBTUgfYoMMIRNGicfwgV8\/w640-h250\/The_foundation_of_all_learning,_or_child&apos;s_first_book,_by_which_a_child_will_learn_more_in_one_month_than_by_many_others_in_twelve_Fleuron_T118611-23.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"336\" data-original-width=\"863\" height=\"250\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2q8RloZ6McGkMVzCobiI9YXdQrT0G6OCfSHIhTxje9SkZL-ySD7bbXHfWoYyCvHp-pnVX6bBC5HcQiunHtwV__5X-yj0_AhAph4k1pD5EQT00PfJdaYR2273YgevCGOO8UCLurSJaHvB1jsPkGZZCSt2kSAch3CdofID3_aFBTUgfYoMMIRNGicfwgV8\/w640-h250\/The_foundation_of_all_learning,_or_child&apos;s_first_book,_by_which_a_child_will_learn_more_in_one_month_than_by_many_others_in_twelve_Fleuron_T118611-23.png\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/250;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\" id=\"firstHeading\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">The<br \/>\n foundation of all learning, or child&#8217;s first book, by which a child<br \/>\nwill learn more in one month than by many others in twelve, Author Unknown, Date 1800. Source: Compositor, University of Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-2df4b387-7fff-357f-9685-223cd477f0d2\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 16pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #008575;font-family: helvetica;font-size: 16pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\">Myth: Learners learn more in immersive experiences<\/span><\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">This myth shrouds itself within a cloak of research. Citations will state that learning in immersive experiences is somehow greater when pitted against an <i>implied<\/i> traditional learning approach. The claim could appear as retention, but it is related to how well the learning was accomplished when measured up against learning objectives or a final goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">When referring to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report results mentioned earlier in this article series, Scott Likens claimed, \u201cWe found the realism and performance feedback in virtual reality simulations helped people learn faster and retain more information around soft skills,\u201d (Zielinski, 2021, para. 9). He claimed they <b>retained more information<\/b>. This specific claim has been <i>repeated<\/i> in academic literature, which stated, \u201cStudies have found that students who use XR training are more engaged with the content, display more confidence with the material, and retain more information than students who use traditional training methods.\u201d (Rode, 2024, para 2.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">A close examination of the PwC report, however, reveals that the claim was unsupported within the report\u2019s own data. When comparing information retention in VR versus an e-learning course, the authors \u201cquickly discovered retention scores were inconclusive, as the delta between pre-and post-assessments in each modality was not significant\u201d (Eckert &amp; Mower, 2020, p. 44). Thus, there was no statistical difference between VR-based, e-learning, and traditional classroom learning.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg6mXzovILnq5PhLfvka80xRhyBlaJcxnl4tWCfaWD31lIQY8YOolRhy-ZqhLqSo-gPu50AyhyphenhyphenLCLIdkov3cMNbOwRY8hBt8RZQzHJ5ROSuWD2k5vdyaHNwX1Xw3HxkRssn4UdIaAPTWx-ijbJIisNPR2YZXoFBsmmHhlI-XJIxTrFhwjGjNyteEJi05_U\/w640-h438\/PwC%20page%2044%20no%20statistical%20difference%20in%20learning.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"603\" data-original-width=\"882\" height=\"438\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg6mXzovILnq5PhLfvka80xRhyBlaJcxnl4tWCfaWD31lIQY8YOolRhy-ZqhLqSo-gPu50AyhyphenhyphenLCLIdkov3cMNbOwRY8hBt8RZQzHJ5ROSuWD2k5vdyaHNwX1Xw3HxkRssn4UdIaAPTWx-ijbJIisNPR2YZXoFBsmmHhlI-XJIxTrFhwjGjNyteEJi05_U\/w640-h438\/PwC%20page%2044%20no%20statistical%20difference%20in%20learning.png\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/438;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Claiming<br \/>\n something happened but your instrument didn&#8217;t pick it up is the knomes-did-it territory of cause-and-effect, dudes. Watch out.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">The report therefore does not provide statistical evidence of more or greater learning within VR, yet it has been cited in academic publications (O&#8217;Dwyer, 2021, Etienne et al., 2022,&nbsp; Jelki et al., 2022; B\u00e4ckelin, 2023; Etienne et al., 2023; L\u00f8nne et al,. 2023) and touted in media outlets (Murad, 2023; Schwantes, 2020). For the dubious claims, the report has been debunked as untrustworthy (Neelen &amp; Kirschner, 2020).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">There are similar claims about greater learning retained from immersive experiences. Advocates for digital twin campus environments claimed that they \u201ccreate greater retention of the information that is learned\u201d (D\u2019Agustino, 2022, para. 5) and \u201cstudents&#8217; grades go up\u201d (Victory XR, 2024, Who We Are).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVtRaIf6D0-DZ35tyes7u91J2H6vSQi-mVSvSsEQm4TIdBVlT4Ay6MKtGOSqtbCvU2wvgeebntuMK9WkM-VZfIfUTkAQcvRBAUJX6Sq7jYYLdpdejJWUmQ6wu26td6Z7ZcVdMuehrUW6ptF35WMpRuSq5geuBivugb5l2DarlGRR8zjkWMCi6Q8swX-MM\/s320\/victory%20XR%20students%20grades%20go%20up_highlight.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1022\" data-original-width=\"688\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVtRaIf6D0-DZ35tyes7u91J2H6vSQi-mVSvSsEQm4TIdBVlT4Ay6MKtGOSqtbCvU2wvgeebntuMK9WkM-VZfIfUTkAQcvRBAUJX6Sq7jYYLdpdejJWUmQ6wu26td6Z7ZcVdMuehrUW6ptF35WMpRuSq5geuBivugb5l2DarlGRR8zjkWMCi6Q8swX-MM\/s320\/victory%20XR%20students%20grades%20go%20up_highlight.png\" width=\"215\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 215px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 215\/320;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">While this is just one tiny sentence, keep in mind how much money VictoryXR makes from these claims.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">In another example, the CEO of the Miami Children\u2019s Health System touted that learners had 80% retention after one year after using VR, but traditional learners had 20% retention. A close look at the supporting documentation shows that the CEO actually said that the difference between VR learners and traditional learners can be the 80% to 20% difference.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgdG1bKxgXTEBshJAUAG2Ti0xq9Hq4YEc67wxltVN-3_OEMy8sV_QgvbZ7vHMRw35T_8ZclS3YcPovSGtBCrWFoPu3t2fJqo0U5Ux40pSNXvMRyS7pRLpd9elapHJudFrcrYp8qjzP9GIquWHi5y7HQtvm8IqFzzOfjRum-PbEFq-QQDPYvFgNhvimgJ5c\/s320\/Axon%20Park%206%20400%20percent%20increase%20in%20long%20term%20retention.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"374\" data-original-width=\"960\" height=\"125\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgdG1bKxgXTEBshJAUAG2Ti0xq9Hq4YEc67wxltVN-3_OEMy8sV_QgvbZ7vHMRw35T_8ZclS3YcPovSGtBCrWFoPu3t2fJqo0U5Ux40pSNXvMRyS7pRLpd9elapHJudFrcrYp8qjzP9GIquWHi5y7HQtvm8IqFzzOfjRum-PbEFq-QQDPYvFgNhvimgJ5c\/s320\/Axon%20Park%206%20400%20percent%20increase%20in%20long%20term%20retention.png\" width=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/125;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">However, the CEO\u2019s statement did not refer to any published results; it was opinion. The CEO explained their claim by saying that, \u201cThe level of understanding through VR is great because humans are primarily visual, and VR is a visual format\u201d (Gaudiosi, 2021, para. 4). Cue learning styles!<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjNF4iZM6Y5D0_EFQzh-WYAJBbie_ljTm-GvkG3xhIKDuX-bbr8PqIUm6S2Ov04xanKwMe5qjTOzmtMspH-9jcvNQPpmQPCW8XwMwvpsDjcQDmOybVx8pLYRTLHvcLSsmiIZK2lhwnk-oQIsO4dLE2jtfORLfEJBsh7UxJY1xjiX0HzMofac-hkNB4hw20\/s320\/hands%20on%20learning.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"536\" data-original-width=\"500\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjNF4iZM6Y5D0_EFQzh-WYAJBbie_ljTm-GvkG3xhIKDuX-bbr8PqIUm6S2Ov04xanKwMe5qjTOzmtMspH-9jcvNQPpmQPCW8XwMwvpsDjcQDmOybVx8pLYRTLHvcLSsmiIZK2lhwnk-oQIsO4dLE2jtfORLfEJBsh7UxJY1xjiX0HzMofac-hkNB4hw20\/s320\/hands%20on%20learning.jpg\" width=\"299\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 299px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 299\/320;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Nonetheless, the quote of 80% retention has made its way into academic research (Iacono &amp; Vercelli, 2019; Mathew &amp; Pillai, 2020; Tern\u00e8s, 2018). Some claims are extreme. One keynote speaker, Alvin Graylin, speaking as a leader at HTC (a VR headset maker) declared that as a result of VR use in the classroom, \u201cEvery single child has the potential to be a genius\u201d (Educators in VR, 2020, 23:33).&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhJh2bl72HqXarw8R6BuFX4Qou_H5-6PtDner1tygfzvffYmYE1SJBI2YNmRVEIb9jfm8OExtcqHdhTZAKYdvLTtdDcJe6cN5ROjm5uuL2TTA2J-Tkg8zm8sgxZWHuLRcwCVbLQdjrELV0H9Ofu5BHrCLnc70-kYOLIGtFai14JMOe3NvcpnHKV5VNGzlU\/w400-h330\/every%20child%20can%20be%20a%20genius%20alvin%20graylin.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"754\" data-original-width=\"915\" height=\"330\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhJh2bl72HqXarw8R6BuFX4Qou_H5-6PtDner1tygfzvffYmYE1SJBI2YNmRVEIb9jfm8OExtcqHdhTZAKYdvLTtdDcJe6cN5ROjm5uuL2TTA2J-Tkg8zm8sgxZWHuLRcwCVbLQdjrELV0H9Ofu5BHrCLnc70-kYOLIGtFai14JMOe3NvcpnHKV5VNGzlU\/w400-h330\/every%20child%20can%20be%20a%20genius%20alvin%20graylin.png\" width=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/330;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">&#8220;Every single child has the potential to be a genius.&#8221; You just need to buy a (HTC) headset.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Justification for the greater learning or retention claims seems to be conjecture. Claims refer to how real an immersive experience feels to a learner. Returning to the PwC report, Likens credited \u201cthe realism and performance feedback\u2026helped people..retain more information.\u201d (Zielinski, 2021, para. 9). But <b>long term studies measuring retention are hard to find<\/b> within the body of academic literature. Some studies measure retention three weeks after the immersive experiences. Given that many of the examples of immersive experiences relate to hands-on disciplines like nursing or construction, things learned in immersive experiences would be needed on the job more than three weeks after the training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Hamilton et al. (2020) stated that finding \u201clearning outcomes, intervention characteristics, and assessment measures associated with immersive virtual reality has been sparse\u201d (p. 1). Beck, Morgado, and O\u2019Shea (2023) pointed out that details of methods are missing so that outcomes become questionable, \u201cVery few literature reviews focus on the educational practices and strategies used in immersive learning environments. Thus, the problem is that we are evaluating outcomes without a comparable way to describe the educational approaches that led to those outcomes\u201d (p. 2). Lawson et al. (2024) completed a systematic review of immersive experiences and found that research studies rarely isolate instructional methods and conditions when describing research studies and thus impact real world classroom decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Meta analyses are starting to illuminate this area. Akg\u00fcn and At\u0131c\u0131 (2022) observed that there was only a moderate effect on learner achievement after surveying 31 studies. Kaplan, Cruit, Endsley, Beers, Sawyer and Hancock found that \u201cXR does not express a different outcome than training in a non-simulated, control environment. It is equally effective at enhancing performance\u201d (2020, p. 1) Some researchers are starting to incorporate machine learning and artificial intelligence into this challenge in order to determine what the published records states about immersive experiences. Markowitz et al. (2024) recently surveyed 196,734 paper abstracts with this method.<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiAMI6xY9uqy20HvUKtKwFmBQff_uhxxzohtbHQcYcxaKsnhDl8MQS-TeQLUzoK36UdTJO8mhj5Ev6Dj0TtSOAeGm4E69ZUw6Izk9ykpoR-6fE0zenMAo0ME2tAU7Ucl0h1GGDuvemAtYPad6zOoOBWbEtUwVFgczxmnNcP3r2_thgMF4qdJjOGz99uF48\/w640-h340\/Kaplan%20no%20difference%20graph.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"399\" data-original-width=\"753\" height=\"340\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiAMI6xY9uqy20HvUKtKwFmBQff_uhxxzohtbHQcYcxaKsnhDl8MQS-TeQLUzoK36UdTJO8mhj5Ev6Dj0TtSOAeGm4E69ZUw6Izk9ykpoR-6fE0zenMAo0ME2tAU7Ucl0h1GGDuvemAtYPad6zOoOBWbEtUwVFgczxmnNcP3r2_thgMF4qdJjOGz99uF48\/w640-h340\/Kaplan%20no%20difference%20graph.png\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/340;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Basically<br \/>\n this graph says that because the numbers are so small and so close to<br \/>\nzero, there is no discernible effect of VR on learning, regardless of<br \/>\nimmersion (Kaplan et al., 2020).<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-2df4b387-7fff-357f-9685-223cd477f0d2\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 16pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #008575;font-size: 16pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\"><span><!--more--><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-2df4b387-7fff-357f-9685-223cd477f0d2\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 16pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #008575;font-family: helvetica;font-size: 16pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\">Myth: Learners learn more in immersive experiences<\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">I find this myth is misleading. If immersive learning is compared to other forms of learning, all other variables must be held the same in order for the results to be considered valid. More on the faults of comparative media studies will be covered in another section of this series.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\" id=\"firstHeading\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">References<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Akg\u00fcn, M., &amp; At\u0131c\u0131, B. (2022). The effects of immersive virtual reality environments on students&#8217; academic achievement: A meta-analytical and meta-thematic study. Participatory Educational Research, 9(3), 111-131.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">B\u00e4ckelin, J. (2023, August). Afraid or prepared-using dialogue training to practice crisis leadership in municipalities. In International Symposium on Digital Transformation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Beck, D., Morgado, L., &amp; O&#8217;Shea, P. (2023). Educational practices<br \/>\nand strategies with immersive learning environments: Mapping of reviews<br \/>\nfor using the metaverse. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 17, 319-341.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">D\u2019Agustino, S. (2022, August 3). College in the metaverse is here. 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BBC News. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-66393315.amp\" style=\"color: white;text-decoration: none\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-66393315.amp<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Neelen, M. &amp; Kirschner, P. (2020). Truth or truthiness? Analysing a VR study using Gorard\u2019s sieve. <a href=\"https:\/\/3starlearningexperiences.wordpress.com\/2020\/07\/07\/truth-or-truthiness-analysing-a-vr-study-using-gorards-sieve\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #2b00fe\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/3starlearningexperiences.wordpress.com\/2020\/07\/07\/truth-or-truthiness-analysing-a-vr-study-using-gorards-sieve\/<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">O&#8217;Dwyer, L. (2021). Review of employment-based training models. 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(2020, July 22). 3 ways to train your workers: virtual reality, classroom, and e-Learning (One works best). Inc. <span style=\"color: #2b00fe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/marcel-schwantes\/how-to-train-your-workers-virtual-reality.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.inc.com\/marcel-schwantes\/how-to-train-your-workers-virtual-reality.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">VictoryXR. (2024). About us. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoryxr.com\/about-us\/\"><span style=\"color: #2b00fe;text-decoration: none\"><i>https:\/\/www.victoryxr.com\/about-us\/<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Zielinski, D. (2021). The growing impact of virtual reality training. <a href=\"#\" style=\"color: white;text-decoration: none\">https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/hr-today\/news\/hr-magazine\/spring2021\/pages\/virtual-reality-training-spreads-its-wings.asp<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/hr-today\/news\/hr-magazine\/spring2021\/pages\/virtual-reality-training-spreads-its-wings.aspx\" style=\"color: white;text-decoration: none\">x<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;font-size: small\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">The content cannot be used to train or be reviewed by AI. All copyrights retained.<\/p>\n<p>Did you miss the other parts of this series?<span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;font-family:&apos;Arial&apos;;font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\"> Here they are!<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/from-myths-to-principles-navigating.html\" style=\"font-family: helvetica\" target=\"_blank\"><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;font-family:&apos;Arial&apos;;font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\">Part 1: From Myths To Principles: Navigating Instructional Design in Immersive Environments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;font-family:&apos;Arial&apos;;font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\" style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/the-immersive-environment-delusion-part.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2: The Immersive Environment Delusion<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;font-family:&apos;Arial&apos;;font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\" style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2024\/11\/part-3-case-against-virtual-campuses.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 3: The Case Against Virtual Campuses<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Learners Learn More\" style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Part 4: Myth: Learners Learn Faster<\/a><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/part-5-myth-learners-learn-more.html\">Part 5: Myth: Learners Learn More<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/part-6-myth-immersive-learning-is.html\">Part 6: Myth: Immersive learning is active learning<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2025\/11\/part-7-myth-immersion-creates-empathy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 7: Myth: Immersion Creates Empathy<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2026\/04\/from-myths-to-principles-part-8-ethical.html \" target=\"_blank\">Part 8: Ethical Labyrinths, Interpreting Research<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Did you miss the other parts of this series?<span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;font-family:&apos;Arial&apos;;font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\"> Here they are!<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/from-myths-to-principles-navigating.html\" style=\"font-family: helvetica\" target=\"_blank\"><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;font-family:&apos;Arial&apos;;font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\">Part 1: From Myths To Principles: Navigating Instructional Design in Immersive Environments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;font-family:&apos;Arial&apos;;font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\" style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/the-immersive-environment-delusion-part.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2: The Immersive Environment Delusion<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;font-family:&apos;Arial&apos;;font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\" style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2024\/11\/part-3-case-against-virtual-campuses.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 3: The Case Against Virtual Campuses<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Learners Learn More\" style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Part 4: Myth: Learners Learn Faster<\/a><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/part-5-myth-learners-learn-more.html\">Part 5: Myth: Learners Learn More<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/part-6-myth-immersive-learning-is.html\">Part 6: Myth: Immersive learning is active learning<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2025\/11\/part-7-myth-immersion-creates-empathy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 7: Myth: Immersion Creates Empathy<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2026\/04\/from-myths-to-principles-part-8-ethical.html \" target=\"_blank\">Part 8: Ethical Labyrinths, Interpreting Research<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/heatheredodds.blogspot.com\/2026\/05\/from-myths-to-principles-part-9-biased.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 9: Ethical Labyrinths, Biased Content Creation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<td>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">From Myths to Principles: Navigating Instructional Design in Immersive Environments<br \/>Part 5 Myth: Learners learn more<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2q8RloZ6McGkMVzCobiI9YXdQrT0G6OCfSHIhTxje9SkZL-ySD7bbXHfWoYyCvHp-pnVX6bBC5HcQiunHtwV__5X-yj0_AhAph4k1pD5EQT00PfJdaYR2273YgevCGOO8UCLurSJaHvB1jsPkGZZCSt2kSAch3CdofID3_aFBTUgfYoMMIRNGicfwgV8\/w640-h250\/The_foundation_of_all_learning,_or_child&apos;s_first_book,_by_which_a_child_will_learn_more_in_one_month_than_by_many_others_in_twelve_Fleuron_T118611-23.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"336\" data-original-width=\"863\" height=\"250\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2q8RloZ6McGkMVzCobiI9YXdQrT0G6OCfSHIhTxje9SkZL-ySD7bbXHfWoYyCvHp-pnVX6bBC5HcQiunHtwV__5X-yj0_AhAph4k1pD5EQT00PfJdaYR2273YgevCGOO8UCLurSJaHvB1jsPkGZZCSt2kSAch3CdofID3_aFBTUgfYoMMIRNGicfwgV8\/w640-h250\/The_foundation_of_all_learning,_or_child&apos;s_first_book,_by_which_a_child_will_learn_more_in_one_month_than_by_many_others_in_twelve_Fleuron_T118611-23.png\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/250;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\" id=\"firstHeading\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">The<br \/>\n foundation of all learning, or child&#8217;s first book, by which a child<br \/>\nwill learn more in one month than by many others in twelve, Author Unknown, Date 1800. Source: Compositor, University of Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-2df4b387-7fff-357f-9685-223cd477f0d2\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 16pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #008575;font-family: helvetica;font-size: 16pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\">Myth: Learners learn more in immersive experiences<\/span><\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">This myth shrouds itself within a cloak of research. Citations will state that learning in immersive experiences is somehow greater when pitted against an <i>implied<\/i> traditional learning approach. The claim could appear as retention, but it is related to how well the learning was accomplished when measured up against learning objectives or a final goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">When referring to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report results mentioned earlier in this article series, Scott Likens claimed, \u201cWe found the realism and performance feedback in virtual reality simulations helped people learn faster and retain more information around soft skills,\u201d (Zielinski, 2021, para. 9). He claimed they <b>retained more information<\/b>. This specific claim has been <i>repeated<\/i> in academic literature, which stated, \u201cStudies have found that students who use XR training are more engaged with the content, display more confidence with the material, and retain more information than students who use traditional training methods.\u201d (Rode, 2024, para 2.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">A close examination of the PwC report, however, reveals that the claim was unsupported within the report\u2019s own data. When comparing information retention in VR versus an e-learning course, the authors \u201cquickly discovered retention scores were inconclusive, as the delta between pre-and post-assessments in each modality was not significant\u201d (Eckert &amp; Mower, 2020, p. 44). Thus, there was no statistical difference between VR-based, e-learning, and traditional classroom learning.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg6mXzovILnq5PhLfvka80xRhyBlaJcxnl4tWCfaWD31lIQY8YOolRhy-ZqhLqSo-gPu50AyhyphenhyphenLCLIdkov3cMNbOwRY8hBt8RZQzHJ5ROSuWD2k5vdyaHNwX1Xw3HxkRssn4UdIaAPTWx-ijbJIisNPR2YZXoFBsmmHhlI-XJIxTrFhwjGjNyteEJi05_U\/w640-h438\/PwC%20page%2044%20no%20statistical%20difference%20in%20learning.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"603\" data-original-width=\"882\" height=\"438\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg6mXzovILnq5PhLfvka80xRhyBlaJcxnl4tWCfaWD31lIQY8YOolRhy-ZqhLqSo-gPu50AyhyphenhyphenLCLIdkov3cMNbOwRY8hBt8RZQzHJ5ROSuWD2k5vdyaHNwX1Xw3HxkRssn4UdIaAPTWx-ijbJIisNPR2YZXoFBsmmHhlI-XJIxTrFhwjGjNyteEJi05_U\/w640-h438\/PwC%20page%2044%20no%20statistical%20difference%20in%20learning.png\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/438;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Claiming<br \/>\n something happened but your instrument didn&#8217;t pick it up is the knomes-did-it territory of cause-and-effect, dudes. Watch out.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">The report therefore does not provide statistical evidence of more or greater learning within VR, yet it has been cited in academic publications (O&#8217;Dwyer, 2021, Etienne et al., 2022,&nbsp; Jelki et al., 2022; B\u00e4ckelin, 2023; Etienne et al., 2023; L\u00f8nne et al,. 2023) and touted in media outlets (Murad, 2023; Schwantes, 2020). For the dubious claims, the report has been debunked as untrustworthy (Neelen &amp; Kirschner, 2020).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">There are similar claims about greater learning retained from immersive experiences. Advocates for digital twin campus environments claimed that they \u201ccreate greater retention of the information that is learned\u201d (D\u2019Agustino, 2022, para. 5) and \u201cstudents&#8217; grades go up\u201d (Victory XR, 2024, Who We Are).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVtRaIf6D0-DZ35tyes7u91J2H6vSQi-mVSvSsEQm4TIdBVlT4Ay6MKtGOSqtbCvU2wvgeebntuMK9WkM-VZfIfUTkAQcvRBAUJX6Sq7jYYLdpdejJWUmQ6wu26td6Z7ZcVdMuehrUW6ptF35WMpRuSq5geuBivugb5l2DarlGRR8zjkWMCi6Q8swX-MM\/s320\/victory%20XR%20students%20grades%20go%20up_highlight.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1022\" data-original-width=\"688\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVtRaIf6D0-DZ35tyes7u91J2H6vSQi-mVSvSsEQm4TIdBVlT4Ay6MKtGOSqtbCvU2wvgeebntuMK9WkM-VZfIfUTkAQcvRBAUJX6Sq7jYYLdpdejJWUmQ6wu26td6Z7ZcVdMuehrUW6ptF35WMpRuSq5geuBivugb5l2DarlGRR8zjkWMCi6Q8swX-MM\/s320\/victory%20XR%20students%20grades%20go%20up_highlight.png\" width=\"215\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 215px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 215\/320;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">While this is just one tiny sentence, keep in mind how much money VictoryXR makes from these claims.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">In another example, the CEO of the Miami Children\u2019s Health System touted that learners had 80% retention after one year after using VR, but traditional learners had 20% retention. A close look at the supporting documentation shows that the CEO actually said that the difference between VR learners and traditional learners can be the 80% to 20% difference.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgdG1bKxgXTEBshJAUAG2Ti0xq9Hq4YEc67wxltVN-3_OEMy8sV_QgvbZ7vHMRw35T_8ZclS3YcPovSGtBCrWFoPu3t2fJqo0U5Ux40pSNXvMRyS7pRLpd9elapHJudFrcrYp8qjzP9GIquWHi5y7HQtvm8IqFzzOfjRum-PbEFq-QQDPYvFgNhvimgJ5c\/s320\/Axon%20Park%206%20400%20percent%20increase%20in%20long%20term%20retention.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"374\" data-original-width=\"960\" height=\"125\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgdG1bKxgXTEBshJAUAG2Ti0xq9Hq4YEc67wxltVN-3_OEMy8sV_QgvbZ7vHMRw35T_8ZclS3YcPovSGtBCrWFoPu3t2fJqo0U5Ux40pSNXvMRyS7pRLpd9elapHJudFrcrYp8qjzP9GIquWHi5y7HQtvm8IqFzzOfjRum-PbEFq-QQDPYvFgNhvimgJ5c\/s320\/Axon%20Park%206%20400%20percent%20increase%20in%20long%20term%20retention.png\" width=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/125;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">However, the CEO\u2019s statement did not refer to any published results; it was opinion. The CEO explained their claim by saying that, \u201cThe level of understanding through VR is great because humans are primarily visual, and VR is a visual format\u201d (Gaudiosi, 2021, para. 4). Cue learning styles!<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjNF4iZM6Y5D0_EFQzh-WYAJBbie_ljTm-GvkG3xhIKDuX-bbr8PqIUm6S2Ov04xanKwMe5qjTOzmtMspH-9jcvNQPpmQPCW8XwMwvpsDjcQDmOybVx8pLYRTLHvcLSsmiIZK2lhwnk-oQIsO4dLE2jtfORLfEJBsh7UxJY1xjiX0HzMofac-hkNB4hw20\/s320\/hands%20on%20learning.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"536\" data-original-width=\"500\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjNF4iZM6Y5D0_EFQzh-WYAJBbie_ljTm-GvkG3xhIKDuX-bbr8PqIUm6S2Ov04xanKwMe5qjTOzmtMspH-9jcvNQPpmQPCW8XwMwvpsDjcQDmOybVx8pLYRTLHvcLSsmiIZK2lhwnk-oQIsO4dLE2jtfORLfEJBsh7UxJY1xjiX0HzMofac-hkNB4hw20\/s320\/hands%20on%20learning.jpg\" width=\"299\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 299px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 299\/320;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Nonetheless, the quote of 80% retention has made its way into academic research (Iacono &amp; Vercelli, 2019; Mathew &amp; Pillai, 2020; Tern\u00e8s, 2018). Some claims are extreme. One keynote speaker, Alvin Graylin, speaking as a leader at HTC (a VR headset maker) declared that as a result of VR use in the classroom, \u201cEvery single child has the potential to be a genius\u201d (Educators in VR, 2020, 23:33).&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhJh2bl72HqXarw8R6BuFX4Qou_H5-6PtDner1tygfzvffYmYE1SJBI2YNmRVEIb9jfm8OExtcqHdhTZAKYdvLTtdDcJe6cN5ROjm5uuL2TTA2J-Tkg8zm8sgxZWHuLRcwCVbLQdjrELV0H9Ofu5BHrCLnc70-kYOLIGtFai14JMOe3NvcpnHKV5VNGzlU\/w400-h330\/every%20child%20can%20be%20a%20genius%20alvin%20graylin.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"754\" data-original-width=\"915\" height=\"330\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhJh2bl72HqXarw8R6BuFX4Qou_H5-6PtDner1tygfzvffYmYE1SJBI2YNmRVEIb9jfm8OExtcqHdhTZAKYdvLTtdDcJe6cN5ROjm5uuL2TTA2J-Tkg8zm8sgxZWHuLRcwCVbLQdjrELV0H9Ofu5BHrCLnc70-kYOLIGtFai14JMOe3NvcpnHKV5VNGzlU\/w400-h330\/every%20child%20can%20be%20a%20genius%20alvin%20graylin.png\" width=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/330;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">&#8220;Every single child has the potential to be a genius.&#8221; You just need to buy a (HTC) headset.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Justification for the greater learning or retention claims seems to be conjecture. Claims refer to how real an immersive experience feels to a learner. Returning to the PwC report, Likens credited \u201cthe realism and performance feedback\u2026helped people..retain more information.\u201d (Zielinski, 2021, para. 9). But <b>long term studies measuring retention are hard to find<\/b> within the body of academic literature. Some studies measure retention three weeks after the immersive experiences. Given that many of the examples of immersive experiences relate to hands-on disciplines like nursing or construction, things learned in immersive experiences would be needed on the job more than three weeks after the training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Hamilton et al. (2020) stated that finding \u201clearning outcomes, intervention characteristics, and assessment measures associated with immersive virtual reality has been sparse\u201d (p. 1). Beck, Morgado, and O\u2019Shea (2023) pointed out that details of methods are missing so that outcomes become questionable, \u201cVery few literature reviews focus on the educational practices and strategies used in immersive learning environments. Thus, the problem is that we are evaluating outcomes without a comparable way to describe the educational approaches that led to those outcomes\u201d (p. 2). Lawson et al. (2024) completed a systematic review of immersive experiences and found that research studies rarely isolate instructional methods and conditions when describing research studies and thus impact real world classroom decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.44;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 6pt;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Meta analyses are starting to illuminate this area. Akg\u00fcn and At\u0131c\u0131 (2022) observed that there was only a moderate effect on learner achievement after surveying 31 studies. Kaplan, Cruit, Endsley, Beers, Sawyer and Hancock found that \u201cXR does not express a different outcome than training in a non-simulated, control environment. It is equally effective at enhancing performance\u201d (2020, p. 1) Some researchers are starting to incorporate machine learning and artificial intelligence into this challenge in order to determine what the published records states about immersive experiences. Markowitz et al. (2024) recently surveyed 196,734 paper abstracts with this method.<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiAMI6xY9uqy20HvUKtKwFmBQff_uhxxzohtbHQcYcxaKsnhDl8MQS-TeQLUzoK36UdTJO8mhj5Ev6Dj0TtSOAeGm4E69ZUw6Izk9ykpoR-6fE0zenMAo0ME2tAU7Ucl0h1GGDuvemAtYPad6zOoOBWbEtUwVFgczxmnNcP3r2_thgMF4qdJjOGz99uF48\/w640-h340\/Kaplan%20no%20difference%20graph.png\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"399\" data-original-width=\"753\" height=\"340\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiAMI6xY9uqy20HvUKtKwFmBQff_uhxxzohtbHQcYcxaKsnhDl8MQS-TeQLUzoK36UdTJO8mhj5Ev6Dj0TtSOAeGm4E69ZUw6Izk9ykpoR-6fE0zenMAo0ME2tAU7Ucl0h1GGDuvemAtYPad6zOoOBWbEtUwVFgczxmnNcP3r2_thgMF4qdJjOGz99uF48\/w640-h340\/Kaplan%20no%20difference%20graph.png\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/340;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica\">Basically<br \/>\n this graph says that because the numbers are so small and so close to<br \/>\nzero, there is no discernible effect of VR on learning, regardless of<br \/>\nimmersion (Kaplan et al., 2020).<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-2df4b387-7fff-357f-9685-223cd477f0d2\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 16pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #008575;font-size: 16pt;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?p=193\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;From Myths to Principles Part 5: Myth: Learners Learn More&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,46,105,127,129,128,125,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-htc","category-immersive-learning","category-learning","category-miami-childrens-health-system","category-pricewaterhouse-coopers","category-pwc","category-visual-learning","category-xr","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}