Desktop Virtual Reality: A Powerful New Technology for Teaching and Research in Industrial Teacher Education

Autor/inn/en	Ausburn, Lynna J.; Ausburn, Floyd B.
Titel	Desktop Virtual Reality: A Powerful New Technology for Teaching and Research in Industrial Teacher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 41 (2004) 4, S.1-16 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1864
Schlagwörter	History; Teacher Education; Technical Education; Industrial Training; Industrial Education; Computer Simulation; Computer Uses in Education; Visual Aids; Educational Research; Classroom Techniques; Educational Equipment; Teacher Educators; Technology Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Technikunterricht; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Industriebetriebslehre; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Computernutzung; Anschauungsmaterial; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Klassenführung; Ausrüstung; Teacher education; Education; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	Virtual Reality has been defined in many different ways and now means different things in various contexts. VR can range from simple environments presented on a desktop computer to fully immersive multisensory environments experienced through complex headgear and bodysuits. In all of its manifestations, VR is basically a way of simulating or replicating an environment and giving the user a sense of being there, taking control, and personally interacting with that environment with his/her own body. In this article, the author discusses the benefits of using visual technologies for teaching and learning in industrial education. Such a technology is virtual reality (VR). The capabilities and possibilities for VR technology may open doors to new vistas in industrial and technical instruction and learning, and the research that supports them. The emergence of desktop VR now makes it possible for industrial educators to add this powerful high-impact technology to their classroom instructional mix, and to build a unique research base in the field. Desktop VR may be a technology whose time has come for both research and practice in industrial education. With recent breakthroughs in technical and cost accessibility, the door to the world of virtual reality is standing wide open. For industrial teacher educators and researchers, it's only a matter of walking through. Furthermore, implications and recommendations for the use of VR technology as a potential tool for technical and industrial training are discussed. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators. Web site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10