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Park, Sanghoon; Ryu, Jeeheon; McChesney, Kristen – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Virtual classroom simulations can offer pre-service teachers unlimited opportunities for teaching practice that help them sensitize to classroom diversity. The purpose of this case study was to describe a collaborative simulation design studio initiated between two universities in South Korea and U.S.A. while American pre-service teachers visited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation
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Wang, Feihong; Shao, Enming – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
Second Life (SL) has been gaining increased attention in Education since it was launched in 2003. Language educators explored SL mainly as a virtual learning environment where learners can interact with native speakers (e.g., Hislope, 2008; Wang, Song, Xia, & Yan, 2009). Although most studies concluded positively about using SL for language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Assignments, Second Language Learning
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Fischler, Robert – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
Simulation-based learning (SBL) is a recent yet promising pedagogical approach. There is a plethora of medical and business simulations. However, there is a lack of simulation tools for other areas of study, like teacher education. Furthermore, since the content of many educational simulations is "hard-coded" into the tool, educators typically…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Planning, Preservice Teachers