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Ausburn, Floyd B.; Ausburn, Lynna J. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
Students in career and technical education (CTE) programs have many environments they need to discover, explore, and understand. For CTE teachers, transporting their students to these environments can be difficult, dangerous, or even impossible. However, there is now a way to take students on location anywhere without leaving the classroom.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Vocational Education Teachers, Field Trips, Computer Uses in Education
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Ausburn, Lynna J.; Ausburn, Floyd B. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2008
Virtual reality (VR) has demonstrated effectiveness as an instructional technology in many technical fields. However, VR research has generally lacked a sound theory base to provide explanatory or predictive strength. Further, research into the effectiveness of "new desktop technologies" that place VR within the reach of schools and teachers is…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Visual Aids, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Technology
Ausburn, Lynna J.; Ausburn, Floyd B. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2004
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…
Descriptors: History, Teacher Education, Technical Education, Industrial Training