{"id":30,"date":"2019-03-24T14:11:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T18:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/jaraines\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2019-08-23T09:29:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T13:29:48","slug":"vroom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/jaraines\/vroom\/","title":{"rendered":"VRoom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>VRoom: Virtual Reality Simulations for Social Workers<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/24121146\/19_umc003_4036-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/24121146\/19_umc003_4036-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/24121146\/19_umc003_4036-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/24121146\/19_umc003_4036-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Working with Ball State University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/social-work\">Department of Social Work,<\/a> we&#8217;ve created custom virtual training exercises for the <strong>HTC Vive<\/strong> and <strong>Oculus GO.<\/strong> More specifically, simulations that allow users to practice variety of workforce-related skills. (See the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tLXaMWGZLUY\">video<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Further, these virtual training applications address learning competencies outlined by the <strong>Council for Social Work Education\u00a0(CSWE)<\/strong>. More specifically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Making the process of engaging\/assessing\/intervening\/evaluating\u00a0 individuals\/ families\/ groups\/ orgs\/ communities, a very real experience for the classroom<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Consequently, these portable, cost-effective applications can easily be used in on\/off-site, traditional, online, and blended educational settings<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>As a result: building skills through deliberate practice\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engage diversity in practice<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Impacting issues: drug use, suicide, and disproportionality in practice outcomes<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engage in practice-informed research and research informed practice<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Application developed from different disciplines\/perspectives, emphasizing the importance of data in sound decision making<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pilots first learn the controls of an aircraft in a simulator&#8230; Likewise, we want human service training to allow for costly errors and practice to happen in virtual environments, before <em>real families<\/em> <em>get<\/em> <em>on board<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/jaraines\/vroom\/betatest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BETA TEST<\/a> page for more information on the VRoom simulations in action&#8230;<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VRoom: Virtual Reality Simulations for Social Workers Working with Ball State University&#8217;s Department of Social Work, we&#8217;ve created custom virtual training exercises for the HTC Vive and Oculus GO. 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