i-DERASSA: e-learning Platform based on Augmented and Virtual Reality interaction for Education and Training
Kahina Amara, Nadia Zenati, Oualid Djekoune, Mohamed Anane, Ilhem Kheira Aissaoui, Hasna Rahma Bedla · 2021
With the Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) spread, causing a world pandemic, e-learning can provide an optimal education and training solution. COVID-19 has wholly disrupted the education system. Switching to e-learning could be the enabler to create a new, more effective method of educating students when correctly applied. This paper proposes an elearning platform based on 3D interaction using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) designed to meet particular learning objectives divided into levels and subjects, which aims to facilitate the teaching process and administrative workload in schools. We provide details on the platform, VR and AR courses/exercises conception and implementation. Many concepts may be hard to explain in a classroom or visualise in a textbook, e.g., anatomical concepts, molecular structures, space phenomena, or complex abstract topics. The AR and VR technologies make it much easier to achieve, creating a rich, interactive experience that combines real and virtual worlds. VR that provides information through realistic 3D models in immersive environments can better present concepts and skills. Our main contribution is the integration of AR and VR interaction in the web; we develop courses/ exercises selected from the Algerian Ministry of Education and Teaching learning program based on 3D interaction in virtual and augmented scenes. We hope by the integration of VR and AR into education attempts to increase the level of participation and maybe even the understanding of abstract and complex concepts.