{"id":59417,"date":"2014-05-19T11:05:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=59417"},"modified":"2020-09-23T15:06:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T19:06:22","slug":"conference-focus-ucfs-award-winning-classroom-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/conference-focus-ucfs-award-winning-classroom-simulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference to Focus on UCF’s Award-Winning Classroom Simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"
Imagine stepping in front of a classroom full of high schoolers for the first time to teach a math lesson.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re trying to calm your nerves and deliver content clearly and compellingly when you catch C.J. in the back row texting on her cell phone. Sean, another student, interrupts your pre-calculus lesson to tell you about a TV show he watched the night before.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, you\u2019ve lost your place entirely.<\/p>\n
It is a scenario that\u2019s typical for teachers, but thanks to an innovative teacher preparation tool developed at the 海角直播, it is something that practicing teachers and teachers-in-training can work through without impacting any actual students.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because C.J., Sean and their classmates are avatars in a virtual classroom. The program, called TLE TeachLivE™ is a mixed-reality simulation environment<\/a> that provides users the opportunity to practice a targeted skill, whether classroom management or content pedagogy.<\/p>\n Similar simulation technologies are common in medicine and aviation, but TeachLivE is the only one of its kind in education, providing a personalized learning environment customized to the unique needs of teachers-in-training or practicing teachers looking to brush up on their skills or try out new techniques.<\/p>\n \u201cSuspension of disbelief is a key aspect of simulation and training. When a subject steps into the simulator that cognitively they know is not a \u2018real\u2019 situation, they begin to accept the simulation as real in a short period of time. The subject is experiencing suspension of disbelief,\u201d said Mike Hynes, a member of the TeachLivE team and professor in UCF\u2019s College of Education and Human Performance. \u201cIt never ceases to amaze me when I see subject after subject experience suspension of disbelief in TeachLivE.\u201d<\/p>\n Hynes created TeachLivEwith education professor Lisa Dieker, College of Engineering & Computer Science<\/a> professor Charles Hughes, and an interdisciplinary team that included members of the Synthetic Reality Lab at UCF\u2019s Institute for Simulation & Training.<\/p>\n Last month, TeachLivE took the top prize at the NewSchools Venture Fund\u2019s annual summit. The Learning to Teach Impact Award is given annually to a teacher-preparation program that connects teachers with opportunities for practice in real-world settings.<\/p>\n