Ketelhut Diane Jass, Niemi Steven M
Temple University College of Education, CITE Department, Ritter Hall, 3rd Floor, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
ILAR J. 2007;48(2):163-9. doi: 10.1093/ilar.48.2.163.
This article examines several new and exciting communication technologies. Many of the technologies were developed by the entertainment industry; however, other industries are adopting and modifying them for their own needs. These new technologies allow people to collaborate across distance and time and to learn in simulated work contexts. The article explores the potential utility of these technologies for advancing laboratory animal care and use through better education and training. Descriptions include emerging technologies such as augmented reality and multi-user virtual environments, which offer new approaches with different capabilities. Augmented reality interfaces, characterized by the use of handheld computers to infuse the virtual world into the real one, result in deeply immersive simulations. In these simulations, users can access virtual resources and communicate with real and virtual participants. Multi-user virtual environments enable multiple participants to simultaneously access computer-based three-dimensional virtual spaces, called "worlds," and to interact with digital tools. They allow for authentic experiences that promote collaboration, mentoring, and communication. Because individuals may learn or train differently, it is advantageous to combine the capabilities of these technologies and applications with more traditional methods to increase the number of students who are served by using current methods alone. The use of these technologies in animal care and use programs can create detailed training and education environments that allow students to learn the procedures more effectively, teachers to assess their progress more objectively, and researchers to gain insights into animal care.
本文探讨了几种新颖且令人兴奋的通信技术。许多此类技术是由娱乐行业开发的；然而，其他行业也在根据自身需求采用并加以改进。这些新技术使人们能够跨越时空进行协作，并在模拟工作环境中学习。本文探讨了这些技术通过更好的教育和培训，在推进实验动物护理与使用方面的潜在效用。文中介绍了诸如增强现实和多用户虚拟环境等新兴技术，它们提供了具有不同功能的新方法。增强现实界面的特点是使用手持计算机将虚拟世界融入现实世界，从而实现深度沉浸式模拟。在这些模拟中，用户可以访问虚拟资源，并与真实和虚拟参与者进行交流。多用户虚拟环境使多个参与者能够同时访问基于计算机的三维虚拟空间，即所谓的“世界”，并与数字工具进行交互。它们提供真实的体验，促进协作、指导和交流。由于个体的学习或培训方式可能不同，将这些技术和应用的功能与更传统的方法相结合，以增加仅使用现有方法所能服务的学生数量是有利的。在动物护理与使用计划中使用这些技术，可以创建详细的培训和教育环境，使学生能够更有效地学习操作程序，教师能够更客观地评估他们的进展，研究人员能够深入了解动物护理。
