Simulação e realidade virtual: uma pesquisa experimental em engenharia de produção

Abstract

Improving the development of education and learning requires in-depth study, especially when it comes to the learning of undergraduate Production Engineering students. The use of active teaching methodologies is the main interest of this work, which aims to evaluate the results from Simulation Based Learning (SBL) on the transfer of learning. In this thesis, the use of “Discrete Events Simulation" and "Virtual Reality" was investigated to improve the teaching of chronoanalysis in the Production Engineering course disciplines. Discrete Event Simulation, combined with Virtual Reality, was used to reinforce learning by replacing a real production line with virtual environments, thus connecting theory to practice. The research method used was the Experimental Research with the use of a control group and an experimental group of students. To verify the efficiency of the Simulation in conjunction with Virtual Reality, a comparative analysis was made between the results in teaching using SBL Interactive and Immersive with the traditional teaching method. The results revealed that learning with the use of Simulation in conjunction with Virtual Reality could improve the overall quality of learning and increase student understanding, in addition to increasing their confidence. The results showed that the students demonstrated a positive perception about the proposed methodology. The study's findings supported the Discrete Events Simulation together with Virtual Reality as having the potential to strengthen the development of undergraduate students in Production Engineering, preparing them to meet the industry's demands for more prepared engineers.