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Charting Out Safety Training Goals for Developing a Pedagogical Model for Immersive Virtual Reality Safety Training: A Qualitative Study Cover

Charting Out Safety Training Goals for Developing a Pedagogical Model for Immersive Virtual Reality Safety Training: A Qualitative Study

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Open Access
|May 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

A screenshot of an IVR training scenario on X-ray baggage inspection. An X-ray machine stands in a room, and a cabin bag sits on the floor next to the machine’s conveyor belt. A red pointer connects the bag to a blue shape that indicates the placement of the user’s right-hand controller. Floating text on the bag says ‘Place on the belt’ to inform the user of the action that will follow from clicking on it—picture courtesy of Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.

Table 1

Findings on the trainers’ perceptions of the training goals arranged by theme and category.

THEMECATEGORYnf
Organizational goalsMaintain organizational safety culture1727
Comply with external regulations710
Minimize cost of safety incidents24
Trainers’ goalsMaintain safe work practices1741
Apply organizational safety guidelines1010
Deliver high-quality training819
Learners’ goalsLearn to work safely1741
Motivation to learn1428
Comply with external pressure to participate in training66
Modify attitudes and safety behavior35

[i] Note. n = number of trainer interviews with coded units; f = number of coded units in category.

Figure 2

The pedagogical model for IVR safety training (Lehikko, Nykänen, & Ruokamo, 2025).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/dfl.237 | Journal eISSN: 2001-7480
Language: English
Page range: 9 - 21
Submitted on: Aug 27, 2024
Accepted on: May 20, 2025
Published on: May 28, 2025
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2025 Anu Lehikko, Heli Ruokamo, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.