A survey of nurses' attitudes toward distance education and the educational use of 3-D virtual environments

Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-307

  Puterbaugh, Mark D ^a   Shannon, Malinda ^a   Gorton, Heather ^b  

^a EASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Distance reference; Gaming; Immersive learning environments; Nursing education; Professionalization; Second life; Socialization; Surveys; Three dimensional learning environments; Virtual reality; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649893556     PISSN: 15424065     EISSN: 15424073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15424065.2010.527243     Document Type: Article

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