Students in Penn State Altoona’s Nursing program are using virtual reality (VR) to enhance their learning.
VR simulation uses immersive, 3D characteristics to replicate real-life situations. “VR is a way for our students to experience and work through high-stress situations in a supportive learning environment without the fear of harming a patient,” says Dr. Victoria Kellogg, assistant teaching professor in nursing.
About 40 students, faculty and staff will be among the first inductees during the first induction ceremony into the college’s new Theta Chi Chapter of Alpha Alpha Alpha, the national honor society for first-generation college students at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Slep Student Center.
A poetry reading by Jerry Wemple will take place from 12:05 to 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
A Pennsylvania native, Wemple writes frequently about the people and places of the Susquehanna Valley. His work includes three poetry collections: “You Can See It from Here,” selected for the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award, “The Civil War in Baltimore,” and “Artemas and Ark: the Ridge and Valley poems.” He is also the author of two poetry chapbooks.
Students in Penn State Altoona’s Nursing program are using virtual reality (VR) to enhance their learning.
VR simulation uses immersive, 3D characteristics to replicate real-life situations. “VR is a way for our students to experience and work through high-stress situations in a supportive learning environment without the fear of harming a patient,” says Dr. Victoria Kellogg, assistant teaching professor in nursing.
