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Utilizing social virtual reality robot (V2R) for music education to children with high-functioning autism
Education and Information Technologies ( IF 4.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-02 , DOI: 10.1007/s10639-020-10392-0
Mojtaba Shahab , Alireza Taheri , Mohammad Mokhtari , Azadeh Shariati , Rozita Heidari , Ali Meghdari , Minoo Alemi

Virtual Reality (VR) technology is a growing technology that has been used in various fields of psychology, education, and therapy. One group of potential users of VR are children with autism who need education and have poor social interactions; this technology could help them improve their social skills through real-world simulation. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of conducting virtual music education programs with automatic assessment system for children with autism at treatment/research centers without the need to purchase a robot, resulting in the possibility of offering schedules on a larger scale and at a lower cost. Intervention sessions were conducted for five children with high-functioning autism ranging in age from 6 to 8 years old during 20 weeks which includes a baseline session, a pre-test, training sessions, a post-test, and a follow-up test. Each music education sessions involved teaching different notes and pieces of music according to the child’s cooperation, accuracy, and skill level utilizing virtual reality robots and virtual musical instruments. Actually, by analysis of psychological tests, and questionnaires conducted by a psychologist, we observe slight improvements in cognitive skills because of the ceiling effect. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of the proposed method was proved by conducting statistical analysis on the child’s performance data during the music education sessions which were obtained by using both video coding and the proposed automatic assessment system. Consequently, a general upward trend in the musical ability of participants was shown to occur in these sessions, which warrants future studies in this field.



中文翻译:

利用社交虚拟现实机器人(V2R)对患有自闭症的儿童进行音乐教育

虚拟现实(VR)技术是一种成长中的技术,已在心理学,教育和治疗的各个领域中使用。一组潜在的VR用户是自闭症儿童,他们需要接受教育并且社交互动差;这项技术可以通过真实世界的模拟帮助他们提高社交技能。在这项研究中,我们评估了在不购买机器人的情况下在治疗/研究中心使用自动评估系统为自闭症儿童进行虚拟音乐教育计划的可行性,从而有可能提供更大规模,更廉价的时间表成本。在20周内对5名年龄在6至8岁之间的自闭症儿童进行了干预,包括基线期,测试前,培训,测试后,和后续测试。每次音乐教育课程都涉及使用虚拟现实机器人和虚拟乐器根据孩子的配合,准确性和技能水平来教授不同的音符和音乐片段。实际上,通过对心理测验的分析以及由心理学家进行的问卷调查,我们发现由于上限效应,认知技能会有所改善。尽管如此,通过对使用视频编码和所提出的自动评估系统获得的音乐教育过程中孩子的表现数据进行统计分析,证明了所提出方法的有效性。因此,在这些课程中,参与者的音乐能力总体呈上升趋势,这值得对该领域进行进一步的研究。每次音乐教育课程都涉及使用虚拟现实机器人和虚拟乐器根据孩子的合作,准确性和技能水平来教授不同的音符和音乐片段。实际上,通过对心理测验的分析以及由心理学家进行的问卷调查,我们发现由于上限效应,认知技能会有所改善。尽管如此,通过对音乐教学期间孩子的表演数据进行统计分析,证明了该方法的有效性,该数据是通过使用视频编码和所建议的自动评估系统获得的。因此,在这些课程中参与者的音乐能力总体呈上升趋势,这值得对该领域进行进一步的研究。每次音乐教育课程都涉及使用虚拟现实机器人和虚拟乐器根据孩子的合作,准确性和技能水平来教授不同的音符和音乐片段。实际上,通过对心理测验的分析以及由心理学家进行的问卷调查,我们发现由于上限效应,认知技能会有所改善。尽管如此,通过对音乐教学期间孩子的表演数据进行统计分析,证明了该方法的有效性,该数据是通过使用视频编码和所建议的自动评估系统获得的。因此,在这些课程中参与者的音乐能力总体呈上升趋势,这值得对该领域进行进一步的研究。

更新日期:2021-01-02
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