UTHSCSA Virtual: An Avatar-Based Learning Environment for Health Science Education

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 | 11:30PM–11:30PM
Session Type: Resources
This presentation will demonstrate how UTHSCSA Virtual, an innovative, avatar-based, online environment, facilitates a constructivist learning community in academic medical centers. Participants will see demonstrations of real-time shared desktops sessions between the presenter and a virtual librarian, a nutrition researcher, a textbook publisher, and a student.

Presenters

  • Aggie Manwell-Jackson

    Director, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio