[H-TT14] Geographic Information Systems and Cartography

[HTT14-03] Assessing students' knowledge retention and mitigation behaviors using a VR flood system

*Yunhua YANG¹, Takashi Oguchi^1,2, Hiroyuki Yamauchi¹, Takuro Ogura³ (1.Dept. of Natural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 2.Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, 3.Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba)

Keywords:Disaster education, Virtual reality simulation, Risk perception, Flood

Disaster education plays a vital role in school safety development. However, studies on the disaster risk perception of students, who may be vulnerable when faced with disasters, are limited. Therefore, student learning in disaster education should be assessed. VR (virtual reality) attracts attention as a modern way of teaching. Consequently, we are developing a virtual reality flood system (VRFS) to simulate appropriate flood mitigation behaviors in real life and to be used in student implementations. We assume that VR realizes effective risk perceptions, which along with coping appraisals leads to appropriate mitigation behaviors. Through the implementations using the VRFS, students’ risk perceptions, mitigation behaviors, and learning effects are evaluated. The results provide insights into the design of the VRFS and relevant disaster education.