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ERIC Number: EJ1462565
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1042-1629
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6501
Available Date: 2024-09-27
Multisite Usability and Safety Trial of an Immersive Virtual Reality Implementation of a Work Organization System for Autistic Learners: Implications for Technology Design
Gerardo Herrera1; Lucía Vera1; Patricia Pérez-Fuster2; Arturo López-Fernández3,4; Álvaro López5; Ümit Savas-Taskesen6; Nigel Newbutt7
Educational Technology Research and Development, v73 n1 p541-565 2025
The increased availability of low-cost, standalone and immersive virtual reality (VR) can facilitate adoption in autism education. An immersive VR implementation of the individual work system (IWS) from the TEACCH® approach has the potential to be a safe and predictable environment for autistic learners with or without intellectual disability. This study is a multi-site usability and safety trial examining an immersive VR implementation of the IWS co-designed with autistic pupils and their teachers from three educational centers in the UK, Spain, and Turkey. Twenty-one autistic students aged between 6 and 17 years were involved in the study, six of whom had an intellectual disability. The students tested a total of 164 customized tasks. All participants were able to finish all the tasks. No significant safety issues were identified. The student's average score on the SUS Usability Scale was 85.36 points. A linear regression analysis showed that autistic children with intellectual disability scored significantly lower on feasibility than children without intellectual disability (p < 0.01) across all locations. This study concluded that an immersive VR-IWS proved usable and safe for the 21 students. However, our findings highlight the need for further adaptations and further research on those with an intellectual disability before recommending universal use. Our findings also have implications for game design for learners with special educational needs.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; Spain; Turkey
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Author Affiliations: 1IRTIC Institute, Universitat de València, Paterna, Spain; 2Universitat de València, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, Valencia, Spain; 3Autismo Ávila, Trébol School, Ávila, Spain; 4Universidad de Salamanca, Evolutionary and Educational Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, Ávila, Spain; 5The Cambian Group, Grateley House School, Grateley, UK; 6Necmettin Erbakan University, Education Faculty, Meram, Turkey; 7University of Florida, College of Education, Gainesville, USA