My second article on the Cohehre Virtual Europe project presented at ECEL 2007 has now been revised and published as an Electronic Journal of e-Learning paper…..

On The Road To Virtual Europe – Redux
Published in
Special Issue e-Learning in Healthcare Volume 5 Issue 3, July 2007

More on Virtual Europe

Edheads health simulations written in flash…..

Virtual Hip Replacement

Virtual Hip Resurfacing

Virtual Knee Surgery

Source : Maged Boulos

Some V-Learning articles from Innovate….

Discussion about avatars – V-Learning:How Gaming and Avatars are Engaging Online Students also addresses the role of avatars in facilitating learning.

Lee, J., and C. Hoadley. 2007. Leveraging identity to make learning fun: Possible selves and experiential learning in massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). Innovate 3 (6).

Special issue of Innovate, published aug/sep 2005 focusing on the role of video game technology in current and future educational settings.

Source: JISCMAIL

Instead of using powerpoint this short presentation utilises a wikispace:

RE: Learning from Experience: Using Wikis and Blogs as part of your teaching strategy

Visit The Presentation and supporting material

Date & Time Of Presentation : Thursday 14th February 2008 at 1pm – 2pm

As we come to the end of phase two of the Heat Project Nintendo release this great numeracy tool – perfect timing as I prepare to write the report…

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A quick radio appearance today on UCB (UK Life with Paul Hammond) discussing my TechDis Heat Project and the use of the Nintendo DS for Learning (with a live interuption for a test fire alarm at my end…..what are the chances of that happening? etc). The second phase report is hopefully due for completion by the end of this month….

Tuesday 12th February – Can a hand-held gaming device be used as an assistive technology tool? This is the question Andy Pulman from Bournemouth University is going to try and answer.

Two free websites hosted by PE Central – Log It and Get Active Stay Active (GASA). Log It was built for elementary students and Get Active Stay Active was built for middle-high school students. Although not a true game, Log It provides social collaboration (Group Hike across US), daily goal setting, and the ability to compare steps with other students.

Log-It
Get Active Stay Active

Source : Games-For-Health

Virtual teaching strategies to nursing faculty and graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin…..

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SL Links
VESIM area
NESIM simulator

Nice blog post by Donald Clark on the Nintendo DS (Nintendo DS shows educators the future) but wot no mention of the HEAT project?

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The details on a creative scheme by filmmaker JJ Abrams….

Source : Wired

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