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Virtual Reality in Education News

participants: Joseph Alexander, Yongjoo Cho, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Ya Lu Lin, Tom Moher, Carlos Orrego, Maria Roussou, S. Ohlsson, M. Gillingham, M. Orr, J. Jain, J. Hemmerich

location: Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Oak Park, IL

EVL has installed an ImmersaDesk in the Abraham Lincoln Elementary school as a continuation of research into the use of virtual reality and tele-immersion in education. The ImmersaDesk will be a fixture at the school for the next two or three years.

Students at Lincoln will continue to take part in the Round Earth project - which investigates how virtual reality technology can be used to help teach concepts that are counter-intuitive to a learner's currently held mental model.

EVL researchers are also developing new projects for the school, including Correlations - an investigation into the effectiveness of virtual environments as simulated data collection environments for children engaged in inquiry-based science learning activities, and the QuickWorlds project - which lets the teachers request 3D virtual models to enhance their existing curriculum.

start date: 10/01/1999
end date: 10/01/1999

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image provided by A. Johnson, EVL

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