Can virtual reality simulations be used as a research tool to study empathy, problems solving and perspective taking of educators? Theory, method and application

ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Educators Program, SIGGRAPH '06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tettegah, Sharon ^a   Taylor, Kona ^a   Whang, Eun Won ^a   Meistninkas, Simon ^b   Chamot, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Education; Peer victimization; Simulation; Web based applications

Indexed keywords

FUTURE DIRECTIONS; LOW LEVEL; PEER TO PEER; PEER VICTIMIZATION; PERSPECTIVE TAKING; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; RESEARCH TOOLS; SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATIONS; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

ANIMATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

EID: 70450248396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1179295.1179331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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