Virtual Worlds and Social Work Education: Potentials for “Second Life”

Virtual worlds such as “Second Life” hold promise for social work education. They may be especially useful for distance/distributed education. Social relationships, groups, organizations and entire communities can be modeled and explored for role playing and laboratory instruction. This article prov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robert Vernon, Lisa Lewis, Darlene Lynch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indiana University School of Social Work 2009-10-01
Series:Advances in Social Work
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Online Access:https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/236