Virtual Worlds in Health Care Higher Education

Authors

  • Constance M Johnson Duke University
  • Allison A Vorderstrasse Duke University School of Nursing
  • Ryan Shaw Duke University School of Nursing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v2i2.699

Keywords:

Virtual worlds, education nursing graduate, nursing informatics, Internet, cooperative behavior

Abstract

Advances in information technology bring progress in distance education. Online education programs are pervasive, however, only recently has the Web 2.0 brought about interactive, dynamic distance based health care education in virtual worlds (VWs). VWs allow for real time representations of environments, manipulable objects and interactions between avatars or bots, creating a sense of realism and presence that is absent in traditional, flat online education. Presence has been linked to knowledge transfer and better learning. Second Life

Author Biographies

  • Constance M Johnson, Duke University
    Assistant Professor Duke University School of Nursing
  • Allison A Vorderstrasse, Duke University School of Nursing
    Assistant Professor, Duke University School of Nursing
  • Ryan Shaw, Duke University School of Nursing
    Doctoral Student Duke University School of Nursing
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Published

2009-07-02

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2009): 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare

Section

Invited Articles

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