Using Second Life to enhance ACCEL an online accelerated nursing BSN program

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 146, Issue , 2009, Pages 636-640

  Stewart, Stephanie ^a   Pope, Dawn ^a   Duncan, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Immersive education; Online learning; Second life; Virtual worlds; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; E-LEARNING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURCHASING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

IMMERSIVE; ONLINE LEARNING; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WEB BASED LEARNING;

STUDENTS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70349575749     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-024-7-636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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