{"id":53350,"date":"2016-01-21T12:57:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T17:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=53350"},"modified":"2016-01-21T12:58:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T17:58:58","slug":"could-virtual-reality-be-used-to-help-students-w-add-and-adhd-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/01\/21\/could-virtual-reality-be-used-to-help-students-w-add-and-adhd-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Could virtual reality be used to help students w\/ ADD and ADHD? [Christian]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">A close family member struggles with maintaining focus. She is easily distracted by noises and motions inside the classroom. When she&#8217;s distracted, there&#8217;s a loss of focus&#8230;which then results in errors and missed learning cues. Although she hasn&#8217;t been diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), she still struggles in this area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">That got me to wondering&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Could virtual reality be used to help students w\/ Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and\/or with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and\/or with folks like my family member who are easily distracted?<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>That is, could students who are struggling within their current learning environments create their own, individualized VR-based learning environment that would better suit their learning preferences?\u00a0 <\/strong>i.e., immerse oneself into a setting that&#8217;s quieter with less visual distractions. Or into a setting where there&#8217;s soft, mellow music playing in the background while studying by a gently rolling river (or from a choice of library-based settings, or choose from a variety of rooms that offer a great deal of &#8220;natural light,&#8221; or on the beach, or on a mountaintop, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Hmmm&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alchemylearning.com\/adopting-virtual-reality-for-education\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53357\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53357\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/vr-students-alchemylearning.jpg\" alt=\"vr-students-alchemylearning\" width=\"719\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/vr-students-alchemylearning.jpg 719w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/vr-students-alchemylearning-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image from:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alchemylearning.com\/adopting-virtual-reality-for-education\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/alchemylearning.com\/adopting-virtual-reality-for-education\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snipview.com\/q\/Wykoff_Run\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53353\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/river-stream.jpg\" alt=\"river-stream\" width=\"450\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/river-stream.jpg 450w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/river-stream-150x138.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image from:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snipview.com\/q\/Wykoff_Run\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.snipview.com\/q\/Wykoff_Run<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: A close family member struggles with maintaining focus. She is easily distracted by noises and motions inside the classroom. When she&#8217;s distracted, there&#8217;s a loss of focus&#8230;which then results in errors and missed learning cues. Although she hasn&#8217;t been diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), she still struggles in this area. 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