The Impact of Haptic and Visual Feedback on Teaching

Haptic feedback, an important aspect of learning in virtual reality, has been demonstrated in contexts such as surgical training. However, deploying haptic feedback in other educational practices remains understudied. Haptically-enabled science simulations enable students to experience abstract scientific concepts through concrete and observable lessons in which students can physically experience the concepts being taught through haptic feedback. The present study aims to investigate the effect of an educational simulation on the understanding of basic physics concepts related to buoyancy. Specifically, we hypothesize that a simulation with visual and haptic feedback will improve participant learning transfer.