Experience with using second life for medical education in a family and community medicine education unit

The application of new technologies to the education of health professionals is both a challenge and a necessity. Virtual worlds are increasingly being explored as a support for education.Aim: The aim of this work is to study the suitability of Second Life (SL) as an educational tool for primary healthcare professionals.

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from the outside in – ”understanding” virtual worlds at i live in science land

the other day we gave a tour of some of our virtual world science activities and usually a visitor likes what they see and “understand” how OpenSim stuff is created

the understand part is something i bet everyone in our community can identify with whenever you have been in a situation where you are explaining what you do with virtual worlds to a mainstream, non-virtual world person

via from the outside in – ”understanding” virtual worlds at i live in science land.