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How to use SL and VirtualPREX tools
VirtualPREX classrooms
VirtualPREX role-plays
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| Aims
of the Project |
What the Project aims to achieve
The primary aim of this project is to:
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support deeper professional learning experiences for pre-service
teachers by providing expanded opportunities for quality professional
practice sessions using formative assessment activities in a highly
interactive 3D virtual world
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documented principles and guidelines for implementing role-plays and
formative assessment activities (especially self review)
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transfer emphasis to peer- and self-led learning, with less reliance
on supervisors, as well as providing greater flexibility and access to
off-campus students
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use automated bots as an alternative to humanly-controlled
avatars
Medium and Long Term Goals
In the medium to longer term, this project also aims to:
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provide a national, comprehensive, immersive, 3D virtual environment
with spaces and resources designed to facilitate authentic teaching
practice and formative assessment activities
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address attrition/loss of undergraduate and novice teachers by better
equipping them for their professional roles
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leverage the Government’s broadband initiatives and provide diverse
professional experience options for off-campus students, particularly
remote and regional users
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encourage partnerships to develop and implement a national approach
to a virtual pre-professional experience space to reduce fragmentation
of effort, make best use of investments, minimise barriers to effective
use and sharing of resources and maximise access
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promote and support strategic change for access to this
pre-professional experience for pre-service teachers
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embed formative assessment into Australia’s national pre-service
teacher curriculum in a consistent way independent of specific
technologies
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extend the VirtualPREX concept across the higher education and VET
sectors nationally
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