▁pre - des igned ▁games ▁with ▁their ▁own ▁set ▁of ▁object ives ▁that ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁completed ▁through ▁a ▁pro gression . ▁ ▁Us es ▁in ▁education ▁ ▁In ▁education , ▁virtual ▁learning ▁environments ▁are ▁sim ulated ▁experiences ▁which ▁util ize ▁the ▁ped agog ical ▁strateg ies ▁of ▁instruction al ▁model ing ▁and ▁role ▁playing ▁for ▁the ▁teaching ▁of ▁new ▁concepts . ▁The ▁environment ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁experiences ▁are ▁presented ▁is ▁a ▁virtual ▁one ▁often ▁accessed ▁via ▁a ▁computer ▁or ▁other ▁video ▁projection ▁interface . ▁Im mers ive ▁virtual ▁environment ▁head sets ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁with ▁younger ▁children ▁and ▁students ▁with ▁special ▁needs . ▁The ▁advantages ▁of ▁using ▁instruction al ▁sim ul ators ▁via ▁V LE s ▁include : ▁students ▁are ▁motiv ated ▁when ▁they ▁are ▁able ▁to ▁use ▁computers ▁and ▁other ▁technology ; ▁V LE s ▁allow ▁for ▁interaction , ▁expl oration , ▁and ▁experiment ation ▁with ▁locations , ▁objects , ▁and ▁environments ▁that ▁would ▁otherwise ▁be ▁un available ▁in ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁the ▁V LE ; ▁instruct ors ▁can ▁adapt ▁programs ▁and ▁parameters ▁of ▁the ▁virtual ▁learning ▁experience ▁to ▁meet ▁individual ▁lear ner ▁needs ; ▁when ▁multi - user ▁virtual ▁environments ▁are ▁used ▁collabor ative ▁and ▁co oper ative ▁learning ▁is ▁encourag ed ; ▁V LE s ▁relate ▁to ▁students ▁the ▁real - world ▁relev ance ▁of ▁their ▁learning ▁by ▁extending ▁concepts ▁and ▁skills ▁to ▁application ▁in ▁the ▁sim ulated ▁environment ; ▁and ▁learning ▁can ▁occur ▁in ▁an ▁em otion ally ▁and ▁phys ically ▁safe ▁environment ▁without ▁det r iment al