Duke University School of Nursing in Second Life

We have built a Second Life® infrastructure that allows faculty and students experiential learning, role-playing, and promotes social interaction, in a collaborative environment in our distance education program. It furthermore supports immersion and presence, allowing real-time teaching and... More

We have built a Second Life® infrastructure that allows faculty and students experiential learning, role-playing, and promotes social interaction, in a collaborative environment in our distance education program. It furthermore supports immersion and presence, allowing real-time teaching and discussion that enhances the mentor/mentee relationship in a simulated learning environment. With virtual environments, we now have the option to create social and professional relationships which have been the missing component of distance learning. Less

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Added Dec 18, 2008  

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