Simulating clinical experience: Exploring second life as a learning tool for nurse education

ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 883-887

  Rogers, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical simulation; Collaborative learning environment; Second life; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL SIMULATION; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; LEARNING ACTIVITY; LEARNING TOOL; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; NURSING STUDENTS; PATIENT INTERACTION; PROBLEM-BASED; SECOND LIFE; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; TEAM WORK; TECHNICAL SKILLS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; NURSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84865558694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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