Using Second Life to Teach
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This document discusses using Second Life to teach allied health students at the University of Kansas Medical Center how to conduct home assessments. It describes how physical therapy and occupational therapy students were given a case study of a patient and worked together in groups in Second Life to evaluate her home and develop modification plans. A survey found that most students had not used Second Life before but found it helpful for learning about home assessments. The university hopes to provide access to other programs and develop more virtual learning experiences.
Using Second Life to Teach
- 1. USING SECOND LIFE TO TEACH THE APPLICATION OF A HOME ASSESSMENTUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterSchool of Allied HealthMay 2010
- 3. University of Kansas 25, 332 students190 undergraduate programs42 nationally ranked graduate programs1200 students are enrolled in the Global Awareness program
- 5. University of Kansas Medical CenterSchool of Allied Health – 581 studentsSchool of Medicine – 1762 studentsSchool of Nursing – 722 students
- 6. Hemenway Research BuildingKUMC Campus83 Million in research fundingSchool of Allied HealthCertificate and UndergraduateGraduateCertificateDiagnostic Cardiac SonographyNuclear MedicineGeneral Ultrasound and VascularUndergraduateClinical Laboratory SciencesCytotechnologyHealth Information ManagementRespiratory CareAudiologyDietetics and NutritionMolecular BiotechnologyNurse AnesthesiaOccupational TherapyPhysical TherapySpeech Language Pathology
- 7. Teaching in an E-Learning Age10 staff with computer and educational technology backgroundAssist faculty in on-line course development using AngelTeach new technology – web conferencing, podcasting, student response system Assist departments in faculty/course surveys and provide data resultsInstructional Design of Courses with Quality Matters certified
- 8. 3-D virtual world environment developed in 2003Characters are called avatars and interact with millions of other users around the worldUsed as grounds for research and education (Mason, 2007; Martinez, Martinez & Warkentin, 2007;Polvinen, 2007; Schmidt, Kinzer & Greenbaum, 2007)What is Second Life?
- 9. KUMC in Second LifeIn 2007 SAH and SON bought an island to secure our projects and provide a virtually safe environment for our students.Provide a mechanism to teach procedures before a student tries it on a real person.Provide cheap virtual objects to simulate real-world type experiences.
- 10. First Look at KUMC IsleSLurl:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/KUMC%20Isle/128/128/23
- 11. Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy departments were looking for an interdisciplinary assignment to give students practice working together.Home assessment is costly, it is difficult to develop a standardized system – considering the house, the type of patient and the type of disabilities.Difficult to demonstrate the modifications for a specific home and client including the unintended consequences of changes.PT/OT Interest in Second Life
- 12. PT/OT Interest in Second LifeNo need for expensive field trips Ability to build the student’s suggested modificationsReinforced a patient-centered approach
- 13. 63 yr. old female – insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, Type IIDiabetic complications – peripheral neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy requiring 3x/wk peritoneal dialysisLives alone in a townhouse and is retired with early disabilityCase Study
- 14. Demonstration of the Second Life Home Assessment and Modification
- 15. What are the experiences and perceptions of OT and PT students using Second Life to learn and apply clinical skills in home evaluation and modification?Research Question
- 16. Recruited 36 1st year PT students and 29 2nd year OT students at the University of Kansas Medical CenterEach student created their own avatar, participated in groups of 3 OT’s and 3 PT’s.Each group worked together in Second Life to communicate and develop their home modification plan.Methods
- 17. 20 QuestionsLikert type 5-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agreeQuestions:Prior Technology Experience/KnowledgeBarriers to Learning with Second LifePerceived Benefits of SecondLife Home AssessmentInterest in using Second Life in Future ClassesMethods: Survey
- 18. Majority had not previously used Second LifeA few had problems – found the environment unrealisticVast majority found it helpful to learn about home assessmentBeneficial in showing the effects of the environment on functionMany agreed that they would like other virtual experiences in their educationResults of the Survey
- 19. Future Uses of Second Life Home Assessment & ModificationProvide access for other PT and OT programs.Provide access to the KU School of Architectural Design for further development and use as a consumer tool.
- 20. Other Second Life ProjectsNurse Anesthesia – Operating Room
- 21. Other Second Life ProjectsNursing Informatics – Jayhawk Community Living Center
- 22. Other Second Life ProjectsDietetics & Nutrition – Weight Management
- 23. Special ThanksOccupational Therapy DepartmentDory Sabata, OTD, OTR/L, SCEMPhysical Therapy DepartmentCarla Sabus, PT, PhDTeaching & Learning TechnologiesTennille Fincham, BADavid Antonacci, PhD(c)
- 24. Questions?
- 25. Stephanie GeraldEducational Technologistsgerald@kumc.eduSecond Life Name: Raine WhitmanLou Loescher-JungeAssistant Deanljunge@kumc.eduContact Information
Editor's Notes
- #2: Using Second Life to Teach the Application of a Home Assessment
- #3: Kansas City, MO vs KC, KSPopulation in kc, mo is aproximately 450,000 and in the greater KC area around 2 M City SkylineWWI War Memorial – largest collection of WWI artifacts in the United StatesFountain in the Plaza shopping area – KC is next to Rome in the number of fountainsChiefs football stadiumRoyals baseball stadiumCity sceneNelson Adkins Museum – world renown museum with an extensive collection of Chinese art
- #4: Located in Lawrence, KS which is 40 miles from KU Medical CenterThe town has approximately 90,000 people
- #6: The Medical Center campus includes KU Hospital which has approximately 550 beds with a first class heart institute. Also located on the campus is the School of Allied Health with 581 students, the School of Medicine with 1,762 students and the School of Nursing with 722 students.
- #20: 87.5 (n=28) enjoyed the virtual learning environment93.8% (n=30) found the virtual environment was not a distraction to learning21.9% (n=7) reported feeling dizzy90% (n=29) agreed they could apply learning to actual home assessment43.8% (n=14) thought they would like to use Second Life in another class