Two criminal justice classes at Penn State Harrisburg recently used virtual reality headsets, which are available through the Center for Teaching Excellence. Students watched a VR video set inside a prison, then discussed the experience and how it connected to what they have been learning in class.
Sarah Kettell, programmer/analyst with the Center for Teaching Excellence at Penn State Harrisburg, helps students in a criminal justice class learn to use virtual reality headsets.
Students in a criminal justice class recently used virtual reality headsets to watch a VR video that gave them an inside look at a prison.
Students in two criminal justice classes taught by Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, recently used virtual reality headsets to experience the inside of a prison. The virtual reality headsets are available through the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Students in a criminal justice class use virtual reality headsets to watch a video that takes them inside a prison. Some students said they found the experience to be immersive and offer a different perspective than a typical video.
Students in a criminal justice class used virtual reality headsets to watch a video set inside a prison. The class then discussed the experience and how it connected with what they had been learning in class.
After using virtual reality headsets to watch a VR video set inside a prison, criminal justice students were asked to reflect on the experience.
After using virtual reality headsets to watch a VR video set inside a prison, criminal justice students at Penn State Harrisburg were asked what they thought of the experience and how it felt.
Students in a criminal justice class used virtual reality headsets to watch a video set inside a prison, then split into groups to discuss the experience. Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, asked them to think about how the experience felt and what they noticed in the video.
Students in a criminal justice class at Penn State Harrisburg discuss what it was like to use virtual reality headsets to watch a video set inside a prison. Some said it felt immersive and more personal than a typical video.
Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, talks with students in her class about watching a virtual reality video set inside a prison. James said she was pleased to see the students make connections to past classroom discussions.