The University of Central Florida’s innovative virtual classroom software this week received the top award from the nation’s leading training and simulation association. TLE TeachLivE™ earned the 2013 NTSA Governor’s Award for Excellence in Modeling and Simulation from the National Training and Simulation Association. The UCF software first was chosen as the winner in the [...]
The University of Central Florida is preparing educators to teach in classrooms where there are no pencils and no books. Instead, these teachers-in-training are on call 24/7, and their students can learn from any location. Rather than the traditional classroom internship, students in UCF’s College of Education and Human Performance are getting hands-on experience in [...]
Many parents spend thousands of dollars on computer-based training programs that claim to help children succeed in the classroom and in peer relationships while reducing hyperactivity and inattentiveness. But a University of Central Florida researcher says parents are better off saving their hard-earned cash. Psychology professor Mark Rapport’s research team spent two years analyzing the [...]
Over 700 UCF students gathered in the Student Union to film a UCF student take on the Harlem Shake internet craze. The student produced video can be found here: UCF Harlem Shake
A letter to LEAD Scholars by Casey Field, LEAD Scholar “Change starts with an idea” ~NET IMPACT Many second-year LEAD Scholars are wondering “what’s next after LEAD,” and first-year scholars are wondering “where LEAD will, well “lead” them.” I think I may have the answer for both groups: NET IMPACT. A few weeks ago, LEAD [...]
The UCF College of Business Administration held its annual Cornerstone Social Entrepreneurship Competition, one of the largest social entrepreneurship service learning initiatives in the world. Student teams participate in the program which provides them with an opportunity to apply their business knowledge and skills to help local non-profit organizations. The student teams are nominated and [...]
The University of Central Florida will establish the state’s first doctoral program focused exclusively on criminal justice following approval of the program by the Florida Board of Governors in November. UCF’s Department of Criminal Justice will launch the program in the fall of 2015. The program will prepare students for faculty and analyst positions in [...]
The next potential video games to be developed by students at UCF’s Center for Emerging Media will be up for judging Friday, Dec. 6. The 11 games include gladiators, parasites, nightmares and other on-screen challenges, even one in which the players win not by shooting invading alients, but shooting the best photographs of them. Pitches [...]
UCF’s Anxiety Disorders Clinic uses olfactory stimulants to replicate traumatic events experienced by PTSD sufferers. Visual, audio and tactile components are also used, but according to patients, smell acts as the most powerful trigger.
