A Design and Evaluation Framework for Mixed Reality Learning Environments in Sports Education

Jonathan Foo
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

June Tay
Singapore University of Social Sciences
Singapore

The shortage of sports educators is a global phenomenon. With dwindling resources in most classrooms, schools and sporting fields, efforts to teach sports effectively are limited by a shortage of time and human resources. This paper proposes that an immersive mixed reality learning system (MRLS) can simulate an authentic learning environment suitable for instruction, practice and assessment, and be a tool to complement the limited number of teacher and facility resources. A proposed experimental research in the context of sports fencing is offered a basis for discussion. A multidimensional framework for the design and evaluation has been developed to measure the effectiveness of tmixed reality learning environments in three dimensions: tactual quality, didactic quality and autodidactic quality. The models developed for this study are designed specifically for fencing, but have a potential impact across all sports and technical classroom education.