An analysis of nursing education's immersion into second life, a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE)

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 644-647

  Trangenstein, Patricia A ^a   Weiner, Elizabeth E ^a   Gordon, Jeffry S ^a   McNew, Ryan ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; E-LEARNING; MEDICAL COMPUTING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; LAND OWNERSHIP; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMBER OF BARRIERS; NURSING EDUCATION; REAL WORLD SETTING; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SUPPORT GROUPS;

NURSING;

EID: 78649503606     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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