Second Life: the next virtual laboratory?
Coles, S. and Wilson, S. (2010) Second Life: the next virtual laboratory? In, International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies - EduLearn10, Barcelona, ES, 05 - 07 Jul 2010. 7pp.
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Description/Abstract
Virtual worlds have become a useful tool in research, commerce and teaching. These environments allow communication, visualisation, interaction and simulation in a manner that has previously been impossible. Second Life has become the most popular of these virtual worlds with many companies and education centres owning land and developments within its environment. In this work a number of exhibit within Second Life have been developed, which are aimed at assisting teaching and research of chemistry. The exhibits are focused on drug docking and remote automation of experiments. The exhibits were demonstrated with great success during the National Science and Engineering Week outreach event at the University of Southampton, where approximately 3000 members of the public attended.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | second life, virtual laboratory |
| Related URLs: | http://www.iated.org/edulearn10/ |
| Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Chemistry |
| ePrint ID: | 161093 |
| Deposited On: | 29 Jul 2010 16:15 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2012 02:03 |
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