I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...I know I can Multi-user Virtual Environments (MUVEs) as a means of developing competence and confidence in undergraduate nursing students: An Australian perspective

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 4571-4575

  Peck, Blake ^a   Miller, Charlynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competence; Confidence; Multi user virtual environments; Second life; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957702946     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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