Armed with a lifelong affinity for video games and a $6,000 faculty teaching grant, I have spent the past 15 months working on a pilot project to illustrate the value of using virtual reality in ...

There weren’t many examples of high performing virtual campuses to look to for inspiration or best practices. Texas’ other virtual campuses have struggled to perform well on the state’s A-F ...

The instructional techniques teachers normally use won't work in classes with 50, 60, or 70 students, educators say.

Jeremy Bailenson has studied virtual reality for decades. But it wasn’t until last year that the Stanford professor felt the technology was good enough that he could actually teach a class in VR.

There’s no certain date for when a transition to in-person classes might begin, as that depends on COVID-19 infection rates, and all classes will be virtual for now.

Stanford’s Graduate School of Business conducts classes on a virtual campus, with avatars, soccer fields and a beach. Is it a second coming of Second Life?

But as Dallas held off its announcement, other districts had to move forward with their plans. Frisco, Richardson and Garland, for example, have already begun the school year with virtual classes.

Changing minds Even districts that were initially opposed to virtual learning are reconsidering. Prior to the school year, Highland Park ISD’s pandemic response committee discounted online classes.