{"id":79565,"date":"2022-03-17T11:22:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=79565"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T16:05:42","slug":"how-virtual-reality-can-be-more-accessible-with-walkinvr-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/03\/17\/how-virtual-reality-can-be-more-accessible-with-walkinvr-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"How Virtual Reality Can Be More Accessible with WalkinVR [Evans ] + Which Types of Colleges Have the Most Undergraduates With Disabilities?\u00a0[chronicle.com]"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Virtual Reality Can Be More Accessible with WalkinVR<\/strong><\/a> — from equalentry.com by Meryl Evans<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

In another scenario, you can\u2019t reach up high. Or maybe you can\u2019t hold the virtual reality controllers or press the buttons.<\/p>\n

WalkinVR Driver\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0fills in the gap. It\u2019s a free driver that enhances virtual reality to work with the person\u2019s abilities and preferences. One option is the\u00a0Xbox Controller Move\u00a0<\/span><\/a>, which allows you to connect a standard Xbox video game controller to the game.<\/p>\n

Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Which Types of Colleges Have the Most Undergraduates With Disabilities?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0— from chronicle.com<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a sector-by-sector look at the percentage of undergraduates who reported a disability to the campus\u2019s office of disability services, or a similar office, in the academic years 2016-17 to 2019-20. Undergraduate students with disabilities are those who reported that they had one or more of the following conditions: a specific learning disability, a visual impairment, a hearing difficulty or deafness, a speech impairment, an orthopedic impairment, or another health impairment. The diversity and related offices provide these students with such services as note-takers and American Sign Language interpreters.<\/p>\n

Addendum later on 3\/17\/22:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Assistive technology personalizes the learning environment<\/strong><\/a> — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

We talk a lot about\u00a0personalized learning\u00a0and how it can benefit learners by providing them with more detailed instruction catered to their needs. It helps them overcome learning challenges and achieve their educational goals.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also discussed assistive technologies \u2013 technologies designed to aid students with learning difficulties and other disabilities, understand and retain knowledge to improve their learning outcomes. The two can go hand-in-hand, as assistive technology can help all students receive a more personalized learning experience.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at some of the ways that AT is used in the classroom and its personalized learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How Virtual Reality Can Be More Accessible with WalkinVR — from equalentry.com by Meryl Evans Excerpt: In another scenario, you can\u2019t reach up high. Or maybe you can\u2019t hold the virtual reality controllers or press the buttons. WalkinVR Driver\u00a0\u00a0fills in the gap. It\u2019s a free driver that enhances virtual reality to work with the person\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,190,851,115,302,215,3,382,69,321,214,367,253],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility-udl","category-assistive-technologies","category-bias-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-educational-games-serious-games","category-higher-education","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-personalizedcustomized-learning","category-united-states","category-universities","category-vendors","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79575,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79565\/revisions\/79575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}