Current and Prospective Applications of Virtual Reality in Higher Education

• #1. This History and Evolution of Virtual Reality
• #2. A Literature Review on the Use of Three-Dimensional Virtual Worlds in Higher Education
• #3. Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality in Education: A Brief Overview
• #4. Technical Details and Educational Applications for Virtual Reality Technologies
• #5. Facilitation Strategies to Moderate Synchronous Virtual Discussion Groups in Teacher Training
• #6. Developing an Immersive Virtual Classroom: TeachLivE – A Case Study
• #7. Creating a Virtual Reality Lab: Using a Student-Centered Approach
• #8. Engaging Students in a Computer Diversity Course Through Virtual Worlds
• #9. Board Games, Zombies, and Minecraft: Gamification in Higher Education
• #10. AI and AR: A Copacetic Approach in the New Educational Environment
• #11. Virtual Reality in Social Work Education: Models, Meaning, and Purpose for Enhanced Learning
• #12. Using Virtual Reality in College Student Mental Health Treatment

Dr. Dong Hwa Choi is a teacher, scholar, and researcher who believes that education is a life-long process which requires commitment, self-discipline, and serving others. She has worked in the United States and South Korea focused on teacher preparation, online education, technology integration, and grant-funded projects that serve K-12 teacher candidates. Dr. Choi came to the United States in 1994 from Seoul, South Korea, with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary School Education and a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology, both from Ewha Womans University. A Ph.D. in Early Childhood was earned in 2000 from the University of Missouri-Kanas City. During the following five years, Dr. Choi was an assistant professor at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dr. Choi has taught at Park University since 2006. Dr. Choi has integrated her international background and experiences into her professional activities including program development and field-based pedagogical practices, and continuously serves professional communities on a national and international level.

Grounded in the belief that education has the power to transform our lives and our society, Amber Dailey- Hebert is an internationally recognized leader in promoting innovation in higher education. Her work directly impacts adult learners as a Full Professor at Park University, and has extended to academic leadership roles as a Department Chair, Program Coordinator, Associate Dean, and as the Founding & Executive Director for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, which serves over 1600 full and part-time faculty around the world. In addition, Dr. Dailey-Hebert is a prolific researcher and collaborator, publishing multiple textbooks, peer reviewed journal articles, serving as editor of peer reviewed journals, and winning awards for her scholarship and pioneering efforts in problem-based learning and service learning in the online, hybrid & face-to-face environments.

Judi Simmons Estes’ interest in technology was initially ignited by her son’s passion, as early as 1983, when he and his peers were teaching their teachers how to use computers within the classroom. A pioneer in teaching via a community college cable network, partnering with public television to provide training to rural educators, and an early adopter of teaching online, Dr. Estes is committed to finding innovative ways to provide accessible and effective teacher training. Her work emphasizes the need for program-wide and program-deep integration of technology pedagogy and practice that transforms the teaching-learning process, along with institutional support and professional development for student-centered delivery. Academic experience within a Department of Education has included Adjunct faculty, Program Coordinator, Department Chair, Coordinator of an Urban Education graduate program, and Associate Dean.