Using Virtual Environments to Enhance Nursing Distance Education
Creative NursingPublished 1 August 2010
Beth Cusatis Phillips, Ryan J. Shaw, Dori Taylor Sullivan, Constance Johnson
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Virtual environments enhance distance education learning through real-time interaction and social collaboration that mimic the real world.
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Distance education has traditionally been two-dimensional, with limited interaction. Virtual environments enhance distance education learning through real-time interaction and social collaboration that mimic the real world. Virtual environments offer the option to create social and professional relationships that have been a missing component of distance learning.
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Social SciencesMedicineHealth Professions
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