This document discusses using virtual reality for emergency management training. It describes several virtual reality projects for training nurses, medical students, and first responders. These include virtual hospitals, operating rooms, emergency rooms, and disaster scenarios. The goal is to create an active learning module using virtual reality that will be implemented in emergency management courses. Relevant frameworks mentioned include naturalistic decision making, experiential learning, and cognitive load theory. The presentation provides information on the theoretical approaches and software that will be used to develop virtual reality training simulations.

1. Virtual Reality and Learning:
Emergency Management Training
and other projects
Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway http://ntnu.no/
Judith Molka-Danielsen and Mikhail Fominykh
Molde University College, Norway http://himolde.no/
Trondheim, Norway | February 10, 2016
Presentation at the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology

2. Virtual Hospital and Operating room:
nurses, patients, relatives

3. Virtual Emergency and Intensive care
room: roleplay and virtual patients

4. VirSam (Virtuell Samhandling): medical and
nursing students roleplay with Oculus

5. VirSam, geriatric and gynaecological
cases

6. Virtual Ladesletta ‘welfare apartment’

7. Presentation of grid cell research

8. Virtual Trondheim

9. Virtual Granåsen with Oculus Rift

10. Athletes testing Granåsen ski jump
simulator

11. Virtual salmon/Aquaculture simulator

12. Frøya Laksefestival

13. Student projects and EU project meetings in
the Virtual Campus

14. CAMO: Cultural Awareness in Military
Operations (Virtual Afghan Village)

15. Fire evacuation in virtual NAV office

16. Emergency Management Training with
Augmented and Virtual Reality

17. https://norgesuniversitetet.no/artikkel/17-prosjekt-innvilga-stotte-for-2016

18. The goal of this project is to create an active learning module using
Virtual Reality that will be implemented in several courses for an
Emergency Management continuing education program at HiMolde
and with 9th term medical students at NTNU.
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BSK310 Beredskapsplan og
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7.5 Naturvitenskapelige,
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BSK450 Beredskapøvelse 5.0 Naturvitenskapelige,
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19. Frameworks that are relevant for EM Training
• Naturalistic Decision Making (Klein 2008; Zsambok 1997)
• Recognition Primed Decision making model
Approaches that are relevant in Virtual Reality and educational serious games
• Experiential learning (Kolb)
• Cognitive load theory
• ARCS model: Attention, Relevance, Confidence/Challenge, Satisfaction/Success
• Threshold concepts…..
Collaborative learning and learning communities
• Activity theory, Wenger, Vygotsky, Fischer…
Theoretical approaches
Klein, G.A. 2008. Naturalistic Decision Making. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50(3) 456-460.
Zsambok, C.E. 1997. Naturalistic decision making: Where are we now? C.E. Zsambok, G. Klein, eds. Naturalistic Decision Making. Lawrence
Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ, 3-16.

23. https://www.oculus.com/https://vacademia.com/

25. Q&A
Mikhail Fominykh
mikhail.fominykh@himolde.no
http://www.mikhailfominykh.com/ http://slideshare.net/mfominykh/
Trondheim, Norway | February 10, 2016
Judith Molka-Danielsen
J.Molka-Danielsen@hiMolde.no
http://home.himolde.no/~molka/
Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland
ekaterip@ntnu.no