Innovation through Bug-in-the-Ear Supervision: The Effects of Virtual Coaching on Teacher Candidates’ Instructional Development

Donna Wake; Alicia Cotabish; Tammy Benson; Debbie Dailey; Amy Thompson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 422–429

A virtual coaching intervention utilizing Skype and Bluetooth (Bug-in-the-Ear) technology provided immediate corrective feedback to non-traditional teacher candidates. Participants completed the internship as a requirement of a teacher preparation...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Technology Leadership, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Perceiving Virtual Geographical Slant: Action Influences Perception

Sarah H. Creem-Regehr; Amy A. Gooch; Cynthia S. Sahm; William B. Thompson

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance Vol. 30, No. 5 (October 2004) pp. 811–821

In 4 experiments, the authors varied the extent and nature of participant movement in a virtual environment to examine the influence of action on estimates of geographical slant. Previous studies showed that people consciously overestimate hill...