scholarly journals Radiology Seminars with Guest Professors in the Virtual Environment Second Life®: Perception of Learners and Teachers

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Juan M. Alonso-Martinez ◽  
Shaghayegh Ravaei ◽  
Teodoro Rudolphi-Solero ◽  
Francisco Sendra-Portero
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
The University

Nine professors of radiology from six different cities were invited to give a 1-hour seminar in the virtual world Second Life® to 154 third-year medical students from the University of Málaga. Students and teachers performed a questionnaire about the cognitive load that implies receiving/teaching seminars inside Second Life@ and several characteristics involving the experience. This experience was considered remarkably enriching by teachers and learners and opens new interesting pathways for educational contact between students and teachers from different universities, with the advantages of reducing costs and travel time.

scholarly journals A team-based competition for undergraduate medical students to learn radiology within the virtual world Second Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teodoro Rudolphi-Solero ◽  
Alberto Jimenez-Zayas ◽  
Rocio Lorenzo-Alvarez ◽  
Dolores Domínguez-Pinos ◽  
Miguel Jose Ruiz-Gomez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
Load Test ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Exposure Test ◽  
Radiological Anatomy ◽  
Post Exposure ◽  
Course Grades

Abstract Background A multi-user competitive game within the virtual world Second Life for undergraduate radiology learning was adapted for team participation. This study aimed to assess student perception, impact on learning, and eventual correlation of game results with post-exposure tests and course grades. Methods The game consisted of six weekly stages, dedicated to thoracic, abdominal, and musculoskeletal radiological anatomy and semiology. Participants had several days a week to review self-guided radiology educational content and then complete individual multiple-choice tests and solve team tasks to progress through the game's ranking. Additionally, they completed a cognitive load test, a questionnaire about the experience and a post-exposure knowledge test. Results Fifty-two students organised into 13 teams participated in the game and assessed different aspects of the experience with a mean score ≥ 7.8 on a 10-point scale, highlighting the participation of the teacher (9.3 ± 1.1), the educational contents (8.8 ± 1.4) and the usefulness for their education (8.7 ± 1.4). Participants obtained better post-exposure test results (p < 0.007) and better course grades (p < 0.021) than non-participants did. Conclusion A multi-user game adapted to team competition to learn radiology in Second Life was very positively perceived by third-year medical students, who highly valued its content, organisation, and usefulness for their training. Most of the participants agreed that they had collaborated as a team and that playing in competitive environments helps them learn better. The best post-exposure and academic results compared to non-participating students indicate the potential impact of the game on learning.

Facilitating Art Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merle Hearns ◽  
Jegatheva (Jay Jay) Jegathesan
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Real World ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Art And Design ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Design Students ◽  
Design Skills ◽  
The University ◽  
Global Art

Art and design students in SL experience the advantages of a visually rich environment where they can take a leading role in their own learning, have the opportunity to create objects that defy real world limitations, are immersive and interactive, and where they are able to collaborate with a community of global art practitioners. The 3D Art Challenges started at the University of Western Australia in Second Life in 2009. Since that time, UWA has rapidly emerged as a central hub of art activity in SL. The story of UWA’s journey into Second Life and a recent survey of past and present participants of the UWA Art Challenges indicate that the environment of a virtual world is well suited to the teaching of art and design skills. The UWA Art Challenges have the potential to be valuable resources for educators and students.

scholarly journals Reflections about Learning Radiology inside the Multi-User Immersive Environment Second Life® during Confinement by Covid-19

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Shaghayegh Ravaei ◽  
Juan M. Alonso-Martinez ◽  
Alberto Jimenez-Zayas ◽  
Francisco Sendra-Portero
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Immersive Virtual Environment ◽  
Immersive Environment

The multi-user immersive virtual environment Second Life® has been used to teach radiology to third-year medical students during confinement due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. In general, the students, who are digital natives nowadays, have found it easy to adapt to the use of the 3D platform. Although there have been some technical limitations, both students and teachers involved have rated the use of Second Life® during the confinement very highly.

scholarly journals Virtual Nation Branding: the Swedish Embassy in Second Life

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stina Bengtsson
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Nation Branding ◽  
Mainstream Media

In this article I will present and discuss the Swedish virtual embassy as a new example of nation branding. By exploring the development of the Swedish embassy in Second Life, activities arranged by and involving the virtual embassy as well as the surrounding discourse of international mainstream media and people engaged in the development of Second Life, I will analyse the significance of the virtual environment in this virtual nation-branding project. I argue that the most important achievement of the Swedish virtual embassy was reached through the connection with the virtual environment in the coverage of traditional international mass media and that the key dimension, although not the only one, of the virtual world in branding Sweden was to serve as a fresh and influential brand signifier within the marketing project.

Teaching Project Management with Second Life

2011 ◽  
pp. 302-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
The University

Project Management is a field of intellectual and pragmatic enquiry that is inherently inter-disciplinary. It typically involves the integration of areas such as: project scoping, time, cost, and human resource management, whilst the management of effective inter-team communication, project risk, and procurement aspects are all central to the discipline. To try to cover all of these areas within a single university assignment presents somewhat of a challenge. This chapter demonstrates that the deployment of a Multi User Virtual Environment can indeed encompass these areas in an effective manner, both from learning objectives, realism, and assessment points of view. The chapter has emerged from the experience of three years deployment of Second Life as an integral part of a unit on Project Management, offered as part of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire. Examples illustrate the work that has been produced by the students of these courses.

scholarly journals Technical Challenges and Solutions: Creating Virtual Environments for a Health Science Interprofessional Course

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika deJong ◽  
Dave Chodos ◽  
Pawel Kuras ◽  
Patricia Boechler ◽  
Eleni Stroulia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Technical Challenges ◽  
Virtual Interactive ◽  
Educational Practitioner

Virtual interactive environments such as Second Life are emerging as innovative tools that can support and enhance learning in various educational domains. However, for the educational practitioner new to these environments, developing educational settings and activities in a virtual environment can appear to be technically complex and beyond their area of expertise. This case study describes some of the technical challenges encountered and the solutions derived during the development of a virtual world for the delivery of a health science interprofessional communications course.

Staging Second Life in Real and Virtual Spaces

2010 ◽  
pp. 217-235
Author(s):  
Russell Fewster ◽  
Denise Wood ◽  
Joff Chafer
Keyword(s):  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Virtual Spaces ◽  
Performance Pedagogy ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
The University ◽  
Emergent Theory

Over a four-week period students enrolled in a second-year visual theatre course at the University of South Australia attempted to stage the online virtual world Second Life in a conventional proscenium arch theatre. The Staging Second Life project played upon the liminal space between ‘real’ and digital, and gave the students the opportunity to transpose a virtual world into a theatrical setting. The students actively played between these two media in turn becoming intermedialists. Within the hypermedium of the theatre they were able to remediate the conventions of Second Life via their bodies and manipulation of objects. The project reflects a growing trend in performance pedagogy where technology and new ways of thinking about its applications are increasingly integrated into the curriculum. This chapter describes the practical aspects of the course as well as the emergent theory of intermediality underpinning the Staging Second Life project.

Engagement in the Second Life Virtual World with Students

2010 ◽  
pp. 651-669
Author(s):  
Caroline M L Ho
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Specific Interest ◽  
Participant Engagement ◽  
Linguistic Resources ◽  
Immersive Virtual Environment ◽  
The Subject

This chapter focuses on participant engagement in an immersive virtual environment among a group of Singaporean teenagers in the context of the subject, General Paper, aimed at developing students’ critical thinking and argumentation skills. Investigation based on the functional linguistic resources of ‘Engagement’ (Martin & White, 2005) examined 17-18 year old pre-tertiary students’ engagement with each other in the Second Life virtual world. Of specific interest in this study were the linguistic resources and strategies used by students as they thought, ‘spoke’ and acted on issues from the perspectives of simulated personas. The exchange of perspectives revolved around the theme of euthanasia. Findings highlighted how students engaged with a range of perspectives on issues raised, and the level of assertiveness and moderation in their claims proposed. The examination also showed the extent of participants’ dialogically expansive or contractive stance. The pedagogical implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Building Knowledge in the Virtual World – Influence of Real Life Relationships

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Loureiro ◽  
Teresa Bettencourt
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Real Life ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

This paper intends to present a preliminary PhD research that is being developed by the authors, with the intention to determine how to improve teaching and learning situations, at the university level, based on experiences in immersive virtual worlds. The authors have realized that, nowadays, courses don’t fulfill our students’ needs. They belong to a networked and multitasking generation, and what they get from today’s teaching strategy does not, in many situations, fulfill students’ needs and perspectives. They need to gather competences in order to become motivated citizens, communicative and knowledge builders. It is our belief that we can take advantage from the immersive virtual worlds’ resources to overcome this situation and therefore to transfer it to real life. In order to achieve this we need, at the first instance, to understand how social interactions occur in these environments (in particular at Second Life®), how they grow and how they are developed. What we present here is a preliminary sample of our intended research.

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