SUNY Buffalo State TLE TeachLivE™

The TLE TeachLivE™ is a computer-simulated, immersive, mixed-reality classroom that provides teachers the opportunity to develop their pedagogical practice in a safe environment that doesn’t place real students at risk.

 

Teachers step into TeachLivE™ virtual classroom and within a minute experience immersion and suspension of disbelief, allowing them to rehearse high-leverage teaching practices related to student achievement. 

 

Much like a flight simulator for pilots, TeachLivE™ simulates a classroom experience for teachers to hone their skills.

 

The use of TLE TeachLivE™ Lab has been utilized in several clinically-based research projects. Such projects have included improving transition skills for students with significant disabilities, providing immediate feedback through bug-in-ear technology to pre-service teachers, developing discreet trial skills in pre-service and in-service teachers, and preparing teachers to become proficient in the use of STEM-related instructional strategies.

 

Buffalo State is one of only two colleges in the SUNY system currently using this unique mixed reality environment to prepare or retrain pre-service and in-service teachers. It is hoped that many more SUNY institutions will establish labs and join in a consortium to better prepare teacher candidates and professionals across the field of education.