An Empirical Study of the Impact of Immersive Virtual Environments on College Students' Engagement in Learning

Since the term "virtual reality" (VR) was first used in the 1960s, VR has evolved to the point where it is being used in a variety of fields. Most scholars' studies on engagement have focused on the field of online learning, but there is a lack of research on learning engagement in immersive virtual environments. Therefore, this study uses an experimental research method under the guidance of immersive education theory to investigate the learning engagement and learning satisfaction of students of CCNU in quantitative data analysis of learning engagement and learning satisfaction in the immersion environment and in the laptop video learning environment. The correlation between curiosity, presence and learning engagement was also explored. The experimental results reveal that 1) the immersive virtual environment has a significant positive effect on the learning engagement of college students; 2) the learning engagement of students in the immersive virtual environment is positively correlated with curiosity and presence, respectively. This is also a good proof that the stronger immersion brought by virtual reality technology is a major reason for positively influencing students' learning engagement.