A VR-based interactive teaching and practice environment for supporting the whole process of mining engineering education

Abstract

Due to the complex and dangerous nature of underground industrial sites, there is an urgent need to improve practical teaching abilities. In this paper, a VR-based interactive teaching and practice environment is proposed for teaching mining equipment processes under laboratory conditions. This environment integrates a digitised design, a virtual simulation platform, and a VR interactive product operation. This VR interactive environment includes the structural cognition of mining equipment, the actual operating conditions, and the actual operation of electronic control. Moreover, this system integrates a series of virtual reality humanmachine interaction hardware, so that the students can quickly learn the operating conditions and the states of the actual underground production. This system helps them comprehensively learn the mechanical, electrical, communication, control, and mining methods involved in the mining equipment. Finally, this system provides a virtual practice path for training innovative engineering technicians.

A VR-based Industrial Robot Platform for Interactive Teaching Specialized Courses of Mechatronic Engineering

“…Learners will develop awareness through interactions and actively engage in learning activities aimed at developing innovative engineering technicians. Xie et al (2023) highlighted that learners' capacity to exert influence, modify, and augment the content of the virtual environment in which they learn enables them to construct cognitive strategies and actively engage with the topics they are studying. Consequently, learning becomes autonomous and focused on the individual student (Tamez, 2014), while educators assume the responsibilities of designing, facilitating and guiding activities that aim to actively include students (Cronholm, 2022).…”