Developing simulations in multi-user virtual environments to enhance healthcare education

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 608-615

  Rogers, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL SIMULATION; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; GOOD PRACTICES; HEALTH CARE EDUCATION; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; IMMERSIVE; INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; MENTAL MODEL; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; NURSING STUDENTS; PATIENT INTERACTION; PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM-BASED; QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK; SECOND LIFE; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NURSING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79958241515     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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