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Teaching Physics To Deaf College Students In A 3-D Virtual Lab, Vicki Robinson
Teaching Physics To Deaf College Students In A 3-D Virtual Lab, Vicki Robinson
Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities
Virtual worlds are used in many educational and business applications. At the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID/RIT), deaf college students are introduced to the virtual world of Second Life, which is a 3-D immersive, interactive environment, accessed through computer software. NTID students use this virtual environment to practice concepts first encountered in the laboratory.