VRML in Education:
a user's perspective on potential for instruction and exploration.

ED MEDIA
World Conference on
Educational Multimedia,
Hypermedia & Telecommunications
AACE sponsored conference

ED MEDIA '99
Conference

Seattle Washington
June 22, 1999

Scott M. Graves & John Davis
Educational Technology & Science Education
University of Idaho
College of Education
Moscow, ID 83843

sgraves@uidaho.edu
jdavis@uidaho.edu

a short paper... work in progress
(the original.. background paper)



see my QTVR ideas & links & resources...



Key concepts for educators considering vras a teaching & learning tool.

developmentally appropriate content

building spatial skills

making connections to locally relevant issues

navigating
concepts

ideas & constructs dimensionalized.


a java geometers sketchpad?

navigating
extraperceptual spaces

micro-macrospatial & multitemporal contexts.


for fun and for profit.

navigating
virtual reality


remote tele-remote "sensing".


www.terraserver.com

vrml

in Education: a user's perspective on potential for instruction and exploration.

to what learning ends?

local sense of place
or
virtual meeting space.

moo mud


qtvr locales


environmental, biological & earth systems science
investigations.


GIS-enhanced visualization.

Content ideas for developing online courses that have vrcomponents...


earth and space sciences,
astronomy,
cosmology.


time and evolving landscapes and cultures.


local community mapping projects.

vras a conceptual development tool for teaching & learning about
humans and
environmental reality.

interactions
in science

atmosphere,
biosphere,
hydrosphere,
geosphere,
anthrosphere.


local perspectives on global issues.


anthrosphere & cyberspace

virtual communities


teams of children and mentor adults conducting like studies in locally relevant contexts.

Projects making strides toward vrfor teaching and learning
a "sense of place".







An example project funded by US Deptartment of Education
Technology Challenge Grant (1999 - 2004)



<http://globe.ed.uidaho.edu/lc_rediscovery>


www.ecoguild.com


plugged in... and sharing information.


www.globe.gov

Key concepts for educators considering vras a teaching & learning tool.

navigating
concepts

navigating
extraperceptual spaces

navigating
virtual reality

developmentally appropriate content

building spatial skills

making connections to locally relevant issues