(685)HUDDLE STREET – A VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FORINTEGRATED INTERPROFESSIONAL WORKING WITHIN AHEALTHCARE SETTING

摘要

Huddle Street is a 2D virtual street that will act as the interface for new and existing e-learningmaterials, digital resources, case studies etc. for health care students from different professions. TheStreet will support the diversity of the forthcoming new curriculum for nurse education at a university inthe north of England and its integration with other professions by providing students and allprofessions with access to the virtual environment and its occupants. The environment, lives, socialand healthcare needs of the street’s occupants will provide a context and shared focus for differentprofessions. Academics will be able to add materials and expand the system over time and evolve theindividual profiles and stories of the street’s occupants and the system should recognise and rewardstudents who engage with the virtual inhabitants appropriately. Although this is essentially a simpleconcept it offers the potential to create a very rich and engaging teaching space. The development ofHuddle Street as a completed product is taking a staged approach. Initially we propose to demonstrateproof of concept and provide a detailed design scheme for the street. The authors would like topresent at this conference the motivation and context of the development of Huddle Street and wouldlike to present initial development findings and products of this VLE. The authors also report on theresearch findings from a collaborative focus group held to gain insight and knowledge from allprofessions, user carers and practitioners who could envisage using such a VLE.