Making the MUVE To Sustainability:From R&D to Standard Operating Procedure in a Distance Teacher Preparation Program

Nancy Glomb; Peter Blair; Heather Weese; Charles Salzberg

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2405–2408

To provide distance education teacher preparation students in a large Western state with opportunities to engage in simulated activities similar to those conducted in the campus-based program, a multi-user virtual environment called TeacherSim was...

Topics: special education

TeacherSim: A Virtual Education Environment for Distance Teacher Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Students

Nancy Glomb; Peter Blair; Jared Schultz; Matthew Reeder; Raine Christiansen; Charles Salzberg

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 351–354

Students who participate in distance teacher preparation and rehabilitation counseling programs are often isolated from their classmates and are unable to engage in simulated teaching and counseling activities otherwise possible in live classroom...