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Dieker, Lisa A.; Hynes, Michael C.; Hughes, Charles E.; Hardin, Stacey; Becht, Kathleen – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2015
Rural schools face challenges in training and retaining qualified teachers, especially special education personnel. This article describes how an interdisciplinary team at the University of Central Florida developed TLE TeachLivE™, a virtual reality application designed to serve as a classroom simulation to support teachers and administrators to…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Faculty Development, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation
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Zirzow, Nichole K. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2015
Students who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) need additional support to learn curricular content and achieve academic outcomes. Students who attend rural schools may face greater challenges since they may have more limited access to services provided specially trained deaf educators. Yet, they need specialized instruction in learning how to use…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Simulated Environment, Educational Technology
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Ludlow, Barbara L. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2015
Virtual reality is an emerging technology that has resulted in rapid expansion in the development of virtual immersive environments for use as educational simulations in schools, colleges and universities. This article presents an overview of virtual reality, describes a number of applications currently being used by special educators for…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Rural Areas, Rural Schools