Abstract:

Art therapy, allows patients to create artworks by themselves, is one of the non-drug treatments for dementia. There is positive impact on patients' cognitive abilities such as attention, memory, and working memory have been confirmed from many studies. However, it would reduce the willingness for the elderly patients if art introduced into technology and applied to virtual reality learning. It is easy to encounter problems and obstacles in operation and learning. Therefore, investigating the user experience of virtual reality art creation in patients with dementia is the main purpose of this study. It adopts the experimental research method, based on the ARCS teaching design model, to investigate the four factors of Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction (ARCS) of the elderly in the course experience of using virtual reality drawing, to improve the willingness for the elderly patients to use.

The subjects of 11 elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment, had no experience in using virtual reality. During the experiment, they used the modified and simplified version of the Google Tilt Brush drawing software in this study, and wore an immersive VR is created. After experiment, a questionnaire survey is conducted, and then Smart PLS (Partial Least Squares) is used to analyze the data to investigate the user's experience in the four factors of ARCS.

The result shows after virtual reality drawing, the ARCS model has a good learning effect on four factors of attention, relevance, confidence and satisfaction actively. This study introduces virtual reality art therapy for patients with mild cognitive impairment, creates in virtual space, stimulates their drawing thoughts, and brings new learning experiences and thinking aspects to patients.

Keywords:

ARCS Teaching Model, Art Therapy, Virtual Reality, Mild Cognitive Impairment.