A virtual classroom that lets students interact with mentors and one another through personalized avatars could help people with disabilities learn math and science. Located in the virtual world ...

Two UB education researchers have teamed up to create an interactive classroom environment in which state-of-the-art virtual reality simulates difficult student behavior, a training method its ...

Wendy McMahon is a freelance writer and general tech geek who has been writing about technology for over 10 years. Follower her on Twitter at @wendymcmahon. One of the most common complaints from ...

Armed with a lifelong affinity for video games and a $6,000 faculty teaching grant, I have spent the past 15 months working on a pilot project to illustrate the value of using virtual reality in the ...

We recently got a chance to float down the Amazon, and take some pictures of the wildlife along the way. There were gators swimming up to the side of the boat, and a jaguar emerged from the grass.

The many benefits of virtual reality, including helping with open heart surgery Virtual reality has been used for many applications, but what about in the classroom? To answer this, we go to the ...

Phi Delta Kappan, a professional magazine for educators, features articles on education practice, research, policy, issues, and trends. Frequent topics include school improvement, leadership, ...

Gather.town is a platform that mixes video conferencing and travel in a 2D virtual world. It can be presented as a mix between Zoom or Teams and a retro RPG. With a slightly pixelated visual like ...

(TNS) -- In the front row, an energetic redhead named Sean raises his hand and bounces in his seat, pleading for the chance to speak about something unrelated to the lesson — again. In the back row, ...

Michelle Westmoreland was reading to her students when she was logged off. As some schools dive into e-learning amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a North Carolina teacher is sharing what happened ...