Lynn Dittrich
Doctoral research fellow at the Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
Dittrich’s PhD project investigates the potential of simulation technologies for providing professional learning opportunities in teacher education while also highlighting the opportunities and challenges surrounding simulation-based learning. The project aims to contribute to an increased understanding of how student's professional development might be supported by simulation technologies. The project is affiliated with the I-merse research group (usn.no) which seeks to explore the use of immersive technologies for training, learning and understanding behaviour among university students.
Tell us about your project!
I address the following research questions. What perceived affordances emerge when online student teachers engage in simulation-based learning? What do pre-service teachers notice as professionally relevant during post-simulation debriefings and how do they reflect upon what was noticed? What opportunities do simulation technologies offer for students to engage with learning resources in novel ways? The study draws on qualitative data namely focus group discussions, video recordings of simulation-based practice and post-simulation debriefings.
“The study draws on qualitative data namely focus group discussions, video recordings of simulation-based practice and post-simulation debriefings.”
— Lynn Dittrich on her research project “The effective use of immersive technologies for experiential learning in teacher education”