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Virtual Realityin Classrooms for Deaf Students

July 22, 2014 SWCED

Paul Bernella and Ben Williams

Introduction

Agenda

• Virtual Reality• Education and STEM• ASL• Classroom and Universal Design

Virtual Reality (VR)

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Virtual Reality (VR)

• What?Today it is about interactive reality.

• Why?To explore and experience places and topics that otherwise were not feasible.

You and VR

Starting to be used in education

Create highly engaging user experiences of your own making

Oculus Rift

Project Morpheus

Samsung Gear VR

Google Cardboard

Oculus Rift● The VR of today● In Development Stage● Current price: $350● Connects to a PC● Can be used with

different hand controllers● Still being improved● No VR sickness

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Google CardboardWhy This?● Inexpensive: ~$25● Open Source● Readily available● Uses a smartphone● Runs a VR App

Education and STEM• How can Virtual Reality be used in

education?

• How can we apply the use of VR equipment in classroom?

Education and STEM• Field trips to faraway places• Meet a historical person• Virtual classroom• Virtual campus• Architecture• Ecosystems• 3D Design

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ASL• A dynamic and 3D language• ASL learning can be improved through VR• Through VR, ASL can be explored from

different perspectives and speeds• A visually accurate dictionary of ASL • Interpreting

Create ASL AcceleGlove:● Handshape, hand orientation, location, and movement● 98% recognition rate● Convert ASL into

usable VR resources● Students can match

shapes, locations, andmovements

Universal Design

• Students on Autism spectrum (ASD)

• Students with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

• Students with anxiety

• Communication

• Units and Lessons

Classroom Immersion“This student in particular would be considered low-functioning on the Autism Spectrum and has very minimal verbal communication skills. He was physically and audibly quite active…The program I got him to use was BlueMarble”

-Mathieu Marunczyn IT Leader & eLearning coach for Jackson School, Australia

Classroom Immersion“The student was immediately engaged and was calmly, yet actively exploring the world he became immersed in. He was no longer physically 'acting-out' and ... his whole body became more relaxed. As the student flowed through the 3 minute experience he also came out of it very calmly and without coercion.”

-Mathieu Marunczyn IT Leader & eLearning coach for Jackson School, Australia

It’s all about YOUWould a VR device benefit your students?

Why or Why not?

Is a VR a good financial investment?Priced the same as an iPad, affordable?

What do you want to see in VR?

VR is More than Education

A Power Total-Immersion Tool for:Anger/mood managementMeditationAnxiety Therapy

Your Thoughts?

In Short...

Virtual Reality can only be understood by experiencing it.

It is simply, the ability to explore any uncharted territory of the human imagination.

In Short...

A great Virtual Reality system at a consumer price is primed to happen in 2015

As educators, we have the responsibility to provide students with the best obtainable

resources for their needs.

Contact InformationPaul Bernella M.Edpaul.bernella@austincc.edu

ACC ESOL InstructorDeafTEC Trainer

Ben Williams M.Engbenjamin.williams@austincc.edu

ACC Math InstructorDeafTEC Trainer and Internship Coordinator

ReferencesAcceleglove: http://www.gizmag.com/acceleglove-open-source-dataglove/12252/Focus Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkg5p905ScGoogle Cardboardf: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.samples.apps.cardboarddemo&hl=en

Mashable Explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HBNH8tzsfVMOculus Rift: http://www.oculusvr.com/Project Morpheus: http://morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov/

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