Second Life at UWE

Well, the accident simulator is now finished and through beta testing. We’ll be piloting it with volunteer student groups this semester with a view to getting feedback and tweaking any issues that appear, so that we can use it for real in the 09/10 academic year. We’re experimenting with using sound too, as the dummy avatars ”talk” to each other during the simulation using text chat at the moment, and it can be a bit hard to follow what is happening and read the text.  It works really well, and I’m so pleased with the outcome We have another simulator about to be built next to this one – a residential home this time to help social workers to experience scenarios in care of the elderly. Watch this space!

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