This study was conducted to see if online users benefit more, less or equally in a virtual world. The idea of cyber campuses is becoming a frequently discussed topic but Serious Games Insitute (SGI) wanted to see if there are advantages to this learning approach rather than just convenience. The SGI researchers held classes in Second Life and after weeks of observation the study concluded that online experience and interaction enriched the online users’ learning processes by being multimodal. Multimodal allows the user to tap into different senses to better communicate among others to better solve problems.
It is a great environment to set up audio, video, e-mail, chat and all the while create a strong social network. However the study did say that much more research needs to be conducted in order to create guideline to make the virtual classrooms run as slowly as those in real life.
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