The added benefit of an extra practice session in virtual reality on the development of presentation skills: A randomized control trial.
Developing oral presentation skills is an essential objective of higher education. While previous research emphasized the importance of practice for developing oral presentation skills (OPS), it remains unclear what the optimal amount of practice is. This experimental field study examined the added...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 253 - 265 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=148185163&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 148185163 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02664909 6M1 jtl: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning issn: 02664909 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2021 vid: 37 iid: 1 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 148185163 145902441 148185163 148185163 10.1111/jcal.12484 148185163 ppf: 253 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: The added benefit of an extra practice session in virtual reality on the development of presentation skills: A randomized control trial. aug: au: Boetje, Josien Ginkel, Stan affil: University College Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands sug: subj: Communication Skills Training Virtual Reality Utilization Public Speaking Professional Competence Human Randomized Controlled Trials Random Assignment Experimental Studies Field Studies Students, Graduate Pretest-Posttest Design Questionnaires Anxiety Student Experiences Communication Skills Self-Efficacy Male Female Young Adult Adult Middle Age Confidence Intervals Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Analysis of Covariance Descriptive Statistics Paired T-Tests Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: Developing oral presentation skills is an essential objective of higher education. While previous research emphasized the importance of practice for developing oral presentation skills (OPS), it remains unclear what the optimal amount of practice is. This experimental field study examined the added benefit of an extra practice session in virtual reality (VR) on the progression of 35 graduate students in OPS, using a pre‐test post‐test design. In addition, the mediating effect of public speaking anxiety (PSA) was examined and the relation between PSA, preparation practices, perceived utility of VR and OPS was explored. Questionnaires and performance assessments were used in data collection. Results showed that participants gained benefits from practicing a third time before a virtual audience. Both anxious and non‐anxious participants progressed similarly on presentation skills and experienced the VR intervention comparably. However, the optimal number of practice presentations remains unclear and should be further investigated. Lay Description: What is currently known about the subject matter: Presenting is recognized as a core competence for higher educated professionals in various domains.The opportunity to practice oral presentations is considered a crucial learning environment characteristic.Modern technological solutions can offer time‐ and place‐independent practice opportunities.It remains unclear what the optimal amount of practice is for developing oral presentation skills. What this paper adds to this: This study aims to provide empirical evidence for the optimal number of practice sessions on oral presentation performance.Results showed that participants gained benefits from practicing a third time before a virtual audience.Both anxious and non‐anxious participants progressed similarly on presentation skills and experienced the VR intervention comparably.The optimal number of practice presentations remains unclear and should be further investigated. The implications of study findings for practitioners: Practicing several times in front of a (virtual) audience should be facilitated by educational institutions.VR can be a useful tool to facilitate repeated practice sessions, by saving both in‐class time and offering the opportunity to practice independently.VR can be used in presentation trainings for several target groups, including those with high communication‐related anxieties. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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