Virtual worlds: A new frontier for nurse education?

Collegian

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-141

  Green, Janet ^a   Wyllie, Aileen ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Experiential learning; Nursing education; Social networking; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNET; STUDENTS, NURSING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84902119788     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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