Students' expectations of the learning process in virtual reality and simulation-based learning environments

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Tuulikki Keskitalo

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 5 (Jan 01, 2012)

Expectations for simulations in healthcare education are high; however, little is known about healthcare students' expectations of the learning process in virtual reality (VR) and simulation-based learning environments (SBLEs). This research aims to ...

Language: English

Teachers' Conceptions and Their Approaches to Teaching in Virtual Reality and Simulation-Based Learning Environments

Tuulikki Keskitalo

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice Vol. 17, No. 1 (February 2011) pp. 131–147

This research article focuses on virtual reality (VR) and simulation-based training, with a special focus on the pedagogical use of the Virtual Centre of Wellness Campus known as ENVI (Rovaniemi, Finland). In order to clearly understand how teachers ...

Students? Emotions in Simulation-Based Medical Education

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Heli Ruokamo

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 28, No. 2 (April 2017) pp. 149–159

Medical education is emotionally charged for many reasons, especially the fact that simulation-based learning is designed to generate emotional experiences. However, there are very few studies that concentrate on learning and emotions, despite...

Exploring the Meaningful Learning of Students in Second Life

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Elli Pyykko; Heli Ruokamo

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011) pp. 16–26

This study reports a case study in which a pedagogical model, namely the Global Virtual Education (GloVEd) model, which is based on the teaching-studying-learning process (TSL process) and the characteristics of meaningful learning, is developed and ...

Healthcare facilitators’ and students’ conceptions of teaching and learning – An international case study

Tuulikki Keskitalo; Heli Ruokamo; Olli Väisänen; David Gaba

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 62, No. 1 (2013) pp. 175–186

Conceptions of teaching and learning affect approaches to teaching, learning and learning outcomes, and they therefore need to be made explicit. This study addresses how healthcare simulation facilitators and students view teaching and learning....

Language: English