</h1> <article> <h1>Counsellor Education in Second Life</h1> John Wilson has done an interesting interview with Edina Renfro-Michel from Montclair State University. The topic is the education of counsellors, and the outcome has been improved learning outcomes from students who took part in the Second Life than those who didn’t. As Edina mentioned in the interview, the virtual worlds aspect improved overall knowledge [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=dBMwnRbN4Cc:DdNW6eyJ5ZM:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=dBMwnRbN4Cc:DdNW6eyJ5ZM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=dBMwnRbN4Cc:DdNW6eyJ5ZM:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=dBMwnRbN4Cc:DdNW6eyJ5ZM:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=dBMwnRbN4Cc:DdNW6eyJ5ZM:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=dBMwnRbN4Cc:DdNW6eyJ5ZM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>University of Nottingham’s Maternity Ward in Second Life</h1> We’ve covered maternity simulations previously, but I though this one was worth passing on as well. The University of Nottingham have created a maternity ward and they’ve produced a ten-minute machinima outlining its aims and outcomes to date. You can read more about the University’s work more broadly in Second Life here, or watch the [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=zSTC-ElxLQ8:-Bew9DQ8Ugo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=zSTC-ElxLQ8:-Bew9DQ8Ugo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=zSTC-ElxLQ8:-Bew9DQ8Ugo:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=zSTC-ElxLQ8:-Bew9DQ8Ugo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=zSTC-ElxLQ8:-Bew9DQ8Ugo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=zSTC-ElxLQ8:-Bew9DQ8Ugo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Networked social media in learning</h1> As mentioned a while back, I am contributing a book chapter on health and virtual worlds and am in the middle of the writing frenzy to achieve that. One of the many authors I’ll be citing is Maged N. Kamel Boulos from the University of Plymouth in the UK. He’s recently released a great presentation [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=h_86xdJk8tA:mRyaNSBADyo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=h_86xdJk8tA:mRyaNSBADyo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=h_86xdJk8tA:mRyaNSBADyo:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=h_86xdJk8tA:mRyaNSBADyo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=h_86xdJk8tA:mRyaNSBADyo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=h_86xdJk8tA:mRyaNSBADyo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Body image and avatars – final call for study participants</h1> Back in January we promoted a study being undertaken by Doctorate student Jon-Paul Cacioli on body image in virtual worlds (the study participants need to be aged 18 or over and be male). Click here for the survey link The response over recent months has been good be Jon-Paul needs a few more people to [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=63_Fao77Tm0:dqBL986wYPo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=63_Fao77Tm0:dqBL986wYPo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=63_Fao77Tm0:dqBL986wYPo:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=63_Fao77Tm0:dqBL986wYPo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=63_Fao77Tm0:dqBL986wYPo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=63_Fao77Tm0:dqBL986wYPo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Science in Second Life: what a list</h1> Thanks to New World Notes, I’ve found out about a great resource for those interested in science and virtual environments. This list has a solid cohort of health-related sites – some I’ve covered previously and some others I’m now keen to investigate further. Obviously Second Life isn’t the only environment where interesting science is going [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=uLGELETZ2io:3olT6K-IQb4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=uLGELETZ2io:3olT6K-IQb4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=uLGELETZ2io:3olT6K-IQb4:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=uLGELETZ2io:3olT6K-IQb4:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=uLGELETZ2io:3olT6K-IQb4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=uLGELETZ2io:3olT6K-IQb4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Medical and nursing education: more media attention</h1> One of the advantages of being a regular (daily) observer of virtual worlds news, is you get a fair idea of trends. One growth trend over recent months has been the interest in the health applications of virtual environments. One of the better pieces of media coverage is one by the Wall Street Journal. It’s [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=ZaGIlvUyE0U:DjIHCk9_dKA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=ZaGIlvUyE0U:DjIHCk9_dKA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=ZaGIlvUyE0U:DjIHCk9_dKA:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=ZaGIlvUyE0U:DjIHCk9_dKA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=ZaGIlvUyE0U:DjIHCk9_dKA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=ZaGIlvUyE0U:DjIHCk9_dKA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Virtual worlds and health: book chapter</h1> I’m a little daunted and excited at the same time to have been selected to write a book chapter on the use of virtual worlds in health-related pursuits. The book’s title is Virtual Worlds and Metaverse Platforms: New Communication and Identity Paradigms and you can find out more about it here. It’s going to be [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=TeTTHBANleg:PosqQu9akEM:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=TeTTHBANleg:PosqQu9akEM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=TeTTHBANleg:PosqQu9akEM:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=TeTTHBANleg:PosqQu9akEM:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=TeTTHBANleg:PosqQu9akEM:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=TeTTHBANleg:PosqQu9akEM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>ME / CFS support in Second Life</h1> In recent weeks, thanks to a health professional colleague, I became aware of a research project underway at Murdoch University, looking at the use of virtual worlds as a support mechanism for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). It’s an ARC funded, three-year project titled Isolation, illness and the Internet: Exploring the possibility of a [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=reXJUJihnjw:6C17YZXPt98:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=reXJUJihnjw:6C17YZXPt98:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=reXJUJihnjw:6C17YZXPt98:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=reXJUJihnjw:6C17YZXPt98:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=reXJUJihnjw:6C17YZXPt98:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=reXJUJihnjw:6C17YZXPt98:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Molecular visualisation</h1> Erich Bremer is a computer and systems engineer who has created Monolith, “a molecular visualization system created to display molecular structures within the virtual world known as Second Life and allow real-time interaction with the displayed structures”. It pulls information from the Rutgers Protein Data Bank and creates that structure in Second Life, allowing people [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=pL0LHjEj2mY:j2ZwuNKNlnQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=pL0LHjEj2mY:j2ZwuNKNlnQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=pL0LHjEj2mY:j2ZwuNKNlnQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=pL0LHjEj2mY:j2ZwuNKNlnQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=pL0LHjEj2mY:j2ZwuNKNlnQ:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=pL0LHjEj2mY:j2ZwuNKNlnQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Counselling, online therapy and virtual worlds</h1> It’s coming up to a year since we interviewed DeeAnna Nagel and Kate Anthony and discussed counselling in online environments broadly and in virtual environments more specifically. Over that time, the Online Therapy Institute has continued to grow. One example of this is the announcement of a five-hour course on online supervision. Anyone who works [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=N6h9UKbJh4U:TNm5rKVDAhs:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=N6h9UKbJh4U:TNm5rKVDAhs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=N6h9UKbJh4U:TNm5rKVDAhs:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=N6h9UKbJh4U:TNm5rKVDAhs:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=N6h9UKbJh4U:TNm5rKVDAhs:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MetaverseHealth?a=N6h9UKbJh4U:TNm5rKVDAhs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> </main></body></html>