The Virtual Chemistry Lab (VC-L): Virtual Reality as a Learning Tool for Malaysia’s Secondary School

Authors

  • Rohaida Romli Faculty of Information Technology, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah Darulaman, Malaysia
  • M. F. Shiratuddin Faculty of Information Technology, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah Darulaman, Malaysia
  • S. Hashim Faculty of Information Technology, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah Darulaman, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32890/jict2003.2.1.6

Keywords:

Chemistry, education, virtual lab, virtual reality, web-based, wildtangent

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) and its related technologies have paved the way to new opportunities that can be applied to improve current practices and processes in a variety of fields, including education. This research paper presents the ‘Virtual Chemistry Lab’ (VC-L). The motivation for the research is the current challenges faced by students to learn and understand, and also by educators to teach chemistry using conventional and traditional means. The VC-L proposes a new method to assist current teaching practices. In supporting the VC-L proposal, issues such as cost, materials and time were among the elements studied and taken into consideration.
The steps engaged to accomplish the research objectives were: elementary research methodologies, preliminary studies that primarily concentrated on gathering information, prototype software application design and development, information analysis and documentation.
The WildTangent Web Driver and Autodesk 3D Studio MAX were the software development tools used to design and develop the prototype application.

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Published

28-05-2003

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2003): Journal of Information and Communication Technology (JICT) Vol. 2, No.1 June 2003

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Articles

How to Cite

Romli, R., Shiratuddin, M. F., & Hashim, S. (2003). The Virtual Chemistry Lab (VC-L): Virtual Reality as a Learning Tool for Malaysia’s Secondary School. Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 2(1), 81-92. https://doi.org/10.32890/jict2003.2.1.6

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