Using a virtual birth unit to teach students about

normal birthSarah Stewart

Education and Social Media Consultant sarahstewart07@gmail.com

Dr Deborah DavisAssociate Professor, Midwifery Practice

Development and ResearchUniversity of Technology Sydney and

South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service

Acknowledge

• New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission

Petal Stransky

Aastra Apfelbaum

• University of Michigan's Health Sciences Libraries: Second Life and Public Health

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wDl5suE2Uo&feature=player_embedded

Project Team

Terry Neal Joint Project Leader, consultant Blended Solutions

Dr Clare Atkins Joint Project Leader, Senior Lecturer in IT, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

Aaron Griffiths Lead developer, virtual world developer, Director, F/Xual Education Services

Sarah StewartLead educator, Midwife, consultant

John Waugh Blog compiler/writer, journalist

Todd Cochrane Developer, computer technologist Wellington Institute of Technology

Leigh Blackall Learning designer, educational developer Otago Polytechnic

Dr Ben Salt Research and evaluation, social researcher

http://slenz.wordpress.com

Te Wāhi Whānau: The Birth Place

Birth Unit Design Research Team – University of Sydney

Maralyn Foureur Professor of Midwifery, North Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, NSW

Caroline HomerProfessor of Midwifery, Centre for Midwifery, Child & Family Health. University of

Technology Sydney (UTS)

Nicky LeapProfessor of Midwifery Practice Development and Research, South East Sydney

Illawarra Area Health Service, NSW.

Ian ForbesAdjunct Professor, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of

Technology Sydney (UTS)

Deborah DavisAssociate Professor Midwifery Practice Development and Research, South East

Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service, NSW.

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Situated learning

http://wikieducator.org/The_virtual_birthing_unit_project

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=60560546147

Normal Birth Scenario

• SLENZ: Te Wāhi Whānau - The Birth Place in Second Life

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw-KL-lCesE

Education design principles

www.flickr.com/photos/92518741@N00/1507196484

Student feedback (preliminary)

Working with educators

Education design/projectimplementation

Your imagination is the final frontier