tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733978203181533160.post1205977641668767137..comments2023-12-09T06:08:14.018-05:00Comments on Virtual Ability: Virtual Ability Works With Other Nonprofits in Virtual WorldsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733978203181533160.post-21016516713763818532017-08-25T20:40:31.334-04:002017-08-25T20:40:31.334-04:00From Elder Voices, Inc a 501(c) (3) Charity
Kara ...From Elder Voices, Inc a 501(c) (3) Charity <br />Kara Bennett, PhD/Avatar Dancers Yao<br /><br /> The Nonprofit (NPC) community is a special place to experience new possibilities for understanding how to express humanitarian values in our 21st century global society. <br /> For example, Elder Voices, brings human rights to health care with education, prevention, and intervention. Founded in 1996 by health practitioners, (Kara Bennett, PhD and Susan Patrice Weiner, MD, MPH), we support the World Health Organization concept of health as “a state of physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” <br /> In addition to our work in the real world, because of the opportunity to have an office space at the NPC in Second Life, we have been developing new ways for people to learn problem-solving abilities that encourage respect for human rights. As Avatars in a virtual world, a person can try out different ways to think, look, feel, act, and make choices about the kind of character one wants to be. From this virtual experience, a person might also discover how to express their individual diversity and universal values in the real life community. <br /> A summary of this work is available as a book Chapter entitled; Learning Problem-Solving Strategies in Virtual Worlds that Encourage People to Respect Human Rights, in Integrating an Awareness of Selfhood and Society into Virtual Learning. Edited by Andrew Stricker, PhD, Cynthia Calongne, DCS, Barbara Truman, DCS, and Fil Arenas, EdD. (IGI Global Publishers 2017) For sample excerpts see http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/learning-problem-solving-strategies-in-virtual-worlds-that-encourage-people-to-respect-human-rights/174812. <br /> For further information about Elder Voices, email Kara Bennett PhD, at eldervoices@aol.com, or contact us through www.eldervoices.net<br /><br />Kara Bennetthttp://www.eldervoices.netnoreply@blogger.com