Conditions that Facilitate Transfer of Learning in Virtual Environment

The aim of all education is to apply what we learn in different contexts, to recognize and to extend such learning to new situations. Particulary, virtual environments for learning are used to construct competences. Recent researchs in cognitive psychology and education show acquisitions as linked to initial context. It provides a challenge for virtual reality in education or training. This paper discusses how new perspectives in cognitive psychology influence and promote conditions that facilitate transfer of learning by the use of virtual environment.