Virtual worlds: A new window to healthcare education

ASCILITE 2008 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 827-829

  Rogers, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Practice based learning; Second life; Team orientated; Virtual clinical simulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL SETTINGS; CLINICAL SIMULATION; COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING; ONLINE INTERACTION; PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL PRESENCE; TEACHING STRATEGY; TEACHING TOOLS; TEAM-ORIENTATED; TRANSFER OF LEARNING; VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; HEALTH CARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84870998232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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