Radiology Seminars with Guest Professors in the Virtual Environment Second Life^®: Perception of Learners and Teachers

Abstract

Nine professors of radiology from six different cities were invited to give a 1-hour seminar in the virtual world Second Life® to 154 third-year medical students from the University of Málaga. Students and teachers performed a questionnaire about the cognitive load that implies receiving/teaching seminars inside Second Life@ and several characteristics involving the experience. This experience was considered remarkably enriching by teachers and learners and opens new interesting pathways for educational contact between students and teachers from different universities, with the advantages of reducing costs and travel time.

Keywords

• online learning
• virtual worlds
• training of trainers
• medical students
• undergraduate education
• radiology