Virtual Reality to Engage the Adjacent Possible in an Online Teaching Academy

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Dr. Rebecca Callaway
Dr. Theresa Cullen
We want to share our design and lessons learned for a yearlong state-funded online teaching academy that used virtual reality to inspire teachers to dream beyond the current capabilities of the average K-12 classroom, build community and reach students in new ways.

Audience:	Teachers, Teacher education/higher ed faculty
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices useful
Attendee device specification:	Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:	None needed.
Topic:	Augmented, mixed & virtual reality
Grade level:	PK-12
ISTE Standards:	For Education Leaders: Visionary Planner Share lessons learned, best practices, challenges and the impact of learning with technology with other education leaders who want to learn from this work. Engage education stakeholders in developing and adopting a shared vision for using technology to improve student success, informed by the learning sciences. For Educators: Designer Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

Share our design and philosophy for an online teaching academy
Share our lessons learned from a year long online teaching academy
talk about the use of virtual reality to inspire.
Research will be shared about the value of VR to the classroom.

Supporting research

Current Horizon Report https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2019/4/2019horizonreport.pdf?la=en&hash=C8E8D444AF372E705FA1BF9D4FF0DD4CC6F0FDD1

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Presenters

Dr. Rebecca Callaway, Arkansas Tech University

Dr. Rebecca Callaway has over 20 years of experience in higher education and over 20 years teaching in the PK-12 environment. Dr. Callaway served as Site Director for a $4.3M PT3 Grant through the US Department of Education. Additionally, she has extensive experience working with PK-12 faculty and university faculty to enrich their courses with a variety of technologies.

Dr. Theresa Cullen, Eastern New Mexico University

Dr. Cullen is a Professor and the Department Head of Curriculum and Instruction at Arkansas Tech University. P She has taught a variety of courses about integrating technology in meaningful ways to enhance education and student success and is a regular national speaker and has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished Educator since 2015. She has several certifications including Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, SCRUM Master, and Adobe Captivate Specialist.