Teaching Tips: Virtual Reality Simulation
These sites include theories and research of virtual reality simulations. Included are sample projects of VR applied in education. Teachers can use these sample sites for enhancing students’ learning in English, biology, ocean science, and more.
CAST: Virtual Reality/Simulations
Read this article explaining the concepts of virtual reality and simulations. This article also discusses applications of virtual reality and computer simulations in the classroom.
Virtual Reality and Learning: Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Students' Sense of Presence
Here is an article about the learning effect through using virtual reality.
TeachersDomain: OPERATION: Heart Transplant
Here is a virtual operation of heart transplant. In this hands-on exercise, students can enter a virtual operating theater and perform a heart transplant. This is a simplified version of operation with basic steps are included. NOTE: This content is free, but registration is required.
Education World: The MOO: A Virtual Reality Learning Environment
Here is an introduction to a virtual reality-learning environment--MOO (multi-user, object-oriented environment).
This site provides a platform where people studying English as a second or foreign language can practice English while sharing ideas and experiences with other learners. Students can make one-on-one and group conversations as well as access to language games, an on-line dictionary, a virtual library and a grammar maze.
National Library of Virtual Manipulative for Interactive Mathematics
Here is an example of creating virtual reality in a mathematics classroom. Here five main topics, consisting of numbers and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis and probability. Each topic has many applets that demonstrate various concepts.
Distance Learning Classroom Using Virtual Harlem
Here is a paper describing a semester-long user study using Virtual Harlem in an English literature course and discuss the experiences of integrating virtual reality technology in classroom.
This is a virtual reality environment to learn about insects.
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
This site offers an interactive frog dissection class.
Some Selected Virtual Reality Worlds:
This is a virtual reality classroom improving teachers and students' understanding of biology or medicine.
Virtual Reality for ESL Students
This article discusses the definition of virtual reality and how to use virtual reality in a language classroom.
Here is an example of virtual reality model used in the teaching and learning of cell and molecular biology.
Organization: Center for Environmental Visualization (CEV)
This is a project applying virtual reality technology in geo-science education. Here are 4-D maps which can give learners highly visual, interactive exploration opportunities in the ocean sciences.
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