Boulos Maged N Kamel, Hetherington Lee, Wheeler Steve
Faculty of Health and Social Work, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
Health Info Libr J. 2007 Dec;24(4):233-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00733.x.
This hybrid review-case study introduces three-dimensional (3-D) virtual worlds and their educational potential to medical/health librarians and educators. Second life (http://secondlife.com/) is perhaps the most popular virtual world platform in use today, with an emphasis on social interaction. We describe some medical and health education examples from Second Life, including Second Life Medical and Consumer Health Libraries (Healthinfo Island-funded by a grant from the US National Library of Medicine), and VNEC (Virtual Neurological Education Centre-developed at the University of Plymouth, UK), which we present as two detailed 'case studies'. The pedagogical potentials of Second Life are then discussed, as well as some issues and challenges related to the use of virtual worlds. We have also compiled an up-to-date resource page (http://healthcybermap.org/sl.htm), with additional online material and pointers to support and extend this study.
本混合综述案例研究向医学/健康领域的图书馆员和教育工作者介绍了三维（3-D）虚拟世界及其教育潜力。“第二人生”（http://secondlife.com/）可能是当今使用最广泛的虚拟世界平台，它侧重于社交互动。我们描述了一些来自“第二人生”的医学和健康教育实例，包括“第二人生医学与消费者健康图书馆”（由美国国立医学图书馆拨款资助的健康信息岛）以及“虚拟神经教育中心”（由英国普利茅斯大学开发），我们将其作为两个详细的“案例研究”呈现。随后讨论了“第二人生”的教学潜力，以及与虚拟世界使用相关的一些问题和挑战。我们还编制了一个最新的资源页面（http://healthcybermap.org/sl.htm），其中包含额外的在线材料以及支持和扩展本研究的指引。
