Multidiscipline role-play in a 3D virtual learning environment: Experiences with a large cohort of healthcare students

Marcus McDonald; Tracuu Ryan; J Sim; Jennifer James; Philip Maude; Sheila Scutter; Denise Wood

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Multidiscipline role-play in a 3D virtual learning environment: Experiences with a large cohort of healthcare students

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Multidiscipline role-play in a 3D virtual learning environment: Experiences with a large cohort of healthcare students

Marcus McDonald, Tracuu Ryan, J Sim, Jennifer James, Philip Maude, Sheila Scutter and Denise Wood

ascilite 2012 Conference Proceedings, pp.1-11

Annual conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), 2012 (Wellington, New Zealand, 25-Nov-2012–28-Nov-2012)

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3DVLE

Second Life

interdisciplinary

net generation

education

healthcare

technical issues

Three-dimensional virtual learning environments (3DVLEs), such as Second Life, have been used in education for some time. Although many writers have addressed where, how, and why 3DVLEs are applied in education, only a few articles have concentrated on the coalface of running a learning project within them. This paper looks at the experience of using Second Life to conduct a multi-discipline healthcare role-playing project with a large cohort of university students. It aims to add to the body of evidence highlighting the technical and logistical difficulties in running such a project, and attempts to offer solutions and advice on directions of problem solving. This paper will also add to best practices concerning the use of 3DVLEs in higher education.

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Title: Multidiscipline role-play in a 3D virtual learning environment: Experiences with a large cohort of healthcare students
Authors: Marcus McDonald (Author) - RMIT University
Tracuu Ryan (Author) - RMIT University
J Sim (Author) - RMIT University
Jennifer James (Author) - RMIT University
Philip Maude (Author) - RMIT University
Sheila Scutter (Author) - James Cook University
Denise Wood (Author) - University of South Australia
Publication details: ascilite 2012 Conference Proceedings, pp.1-11
Conference details: Annual conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), 2012 (Wellington, New Zealand, 25-Nov-2012–28-Nov-2012)
Publisher: ASCILITE
Date published: 2012
Copyright note: Copyright © 2012 McDonald, M., Ryan, T., Sim, J., James, J., Maude, P., Scutter, S., Wood, D. Reproduced here with kind permission of the author. The author(s) assign to the ascilite and educational non-profit institutions, a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction, provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The author(s) also grant a non-exclusive licence to ascilite to publish this document on the ascilite website and in other formats for the Proceedings ascilite 2012. Any other use is prohibited without the express permission of the author(s).
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99513898802621
Output Type: Conference paper

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