{"id":6918,"date":"2018-06-18T08:31:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T12:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/?p=6918"},"modified":"2020-05-19T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:20:33","slug":"educators-harness-virtual-reality-to-enhance-special-needs-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/educators-harness-virtual-reality-to-enhance-special-needs-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Educators Harness Virtual Reality to Enhance Special Needs Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Many instructors in the field of special needs education have likely heard of virtual reality (VR) and its uses for learners with physical or mental disabilities. But how should it be used? When? And for which groups of learners? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For some companies, that answer is everywhere and anywhere. Last week, the U.K.-based Inclusive Technology announced a new product: Inclusive ClassVr. This technology is a creation of the Inclusive Technology and Avantis Education partnership. Educational three-dimensional computer visual environment was created by <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilunity.com\/blog\/how-to-differ-virtual-reality-and-augmented-reality-developer\/\">virtual reality developers<\/a> with the aim of expanding the possibilities of cognition of the surrounding world through play and research. The product is marketed for \u2018special and early education.\u2019 It\u2019s that kind of language\u2014lacking precision and typically treating special needs education as a catch-all category\u2014that might turn an educator off. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But Inclusive Technology believes virtual reality can be used to bring a class together regardless of their learning ability. <\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Virtual Reality as a Means of Inclusion in Special Needs Education<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWith access to hundreds\u00a0of curriculum aligned,\u201d the company writes in a statement, \u201c virtual and augmented reality resources, Inclusive ClassVR has been specifically designed to educate, motivate and raise engagement for students of all ages and abilities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Virtual reality certainly has the potential to bring entire classes together in an environment in which they might not be able to go otherwise. Numerous schools have begun to use VR to take field trips to places where those with physical disabilities would struggle to access. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6920\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6920\" src=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/feliphe-schiarolli-445578-unsplash-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"special needs education\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feliphe Schiarolli, Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And according to Megan Rierdon, a special needs educator at the 53rd St. School in Milwaukee, leaving the classroom is difficult for learners who experience social anxiety in one form or another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cGoing on field trips can be challenging because of the stress and anxiety for kids with autism of being outside the normal routine, and also because of the cost of special transportation,&#8221; she said according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.\u00a0This spring, Rierdon\u2019s students gathered for a field trip to BrightFarms, a company that operates five farms throughout the U.S. In honor of Earth Day, they created a VR experience for schools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The kids sat down in a chair, put on a virtual reality headpiece and saw a tour walking around an entire greenhouse.\u00a0With school budgets being tightened, teachers have to be creative,&#8221; Rierdon said. &#8220;Virtual reality is a really great opportunity for kids to travel and experience things that they otherwise wouldn&#8217;t have.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The kids were reaching down to touch the dirt and waving to the people they saw,&#8221;\u00a0Rierdon said. &#8220;It was cool that they were cognitively able to connect in the same way they would have had they actually been there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Testing Real World Skills in Virtual Environments<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For others in special needs education, however, VR has some very specific uses. A team of researchers at the University of Michigan School of Social Work has been exploring the struggle faced by learners with mental disabilities trying to enter the work force for seven years.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The team has developed an AI-powered virtual character named Molly to help learners prepare for the process in a safe environment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To undergo \u2018Molly training,\u2019 learners put on the headset and respond as Molly conducts a 20 minute interview. They then receive scores based on their performance. They believe the training can help applicants who belong to one of five disadvantaged groups. Those include people with severe mental illness, autism, post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, and addiction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe really want to make the tool accessible and evaluate if this tool can help other groups, too,\u201d associate professor Matt Smith told the Michigan Daily. \u201cAt the end of the day, job interviewing is something everybody has to do. Whether you\u2019re somebody with a certain type of disability or whether you\u2019re somebody that has no disability, it causes anxiety. And it\u2019s a skill set that needs practice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Testing is still in its early stages, but many participants have doubled their score so far. In the job search following the Molly training, 30% of participants found employment while 20% landed an internship in the four months following the program. That might not sound great, but it definitely marks an improvement, researchers say. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Molly training is designed to help people speak more effectively about their ability to work well on a team \u2014 that they\u2019re a hard worker,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIf they\u2019d had gaps in their work history, it helps them learn how to frame their responses in a positive way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: Scott Webb, Unsplash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many instructors in the field of special needs education have likely heard of virtual reality (VR) and its uses for learners with physical or mental disabilities. But how should it be used? When? 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