The researchers are practicing to harness gaming concept into education system. The attempt has been done long ago with all the matter. Now it’s the time for Second Life to deploy it into educations system. The researchers say that Second Life provides a unique and flexible process for distance education system.
Second Life is no doubt a bright prospect to use real simulation to boost practical education system that could entirely change the present learning system that is completely theoretical based. The ultimate potential buried inside heart of Second Life can be organized in real life. In virtual classroom learners and educators can cowork in Second Life from anywhere in the world with the help of swift broad band connection. The learners can interact mutually in a similar manner as if they were in real classroom.
Second Life was debuted in 2003 and very rapidly the virtual world is getting a trend like hot cake with 1.3 million people around the world switched over Second Life. The figures show clearly with increasing no. of subscription of the fast internet connection second life drift is also catching fire. Last year total percentage of BB connection subscribers was 30% that has been leaped up to 42% in America.
Number of educators is getting bigger and bigger and more than 60 educational institutes and organizations have started their workshop shop in the virtual world to dig new ways to improve education-process.
Brien Walton, 40, a master’s degree student in educational technology at Harvard supporting the process says that most of learners who are getting education online think that they don’t require any active participation during their course. But in “Second Life” there’s real-time interaction, which means students need to engage in the discussion — much as if they were sitting in a brick and mortar classroom.
Marc Prensky, a leading expert on education and learning favoring second Life education process he says that this system doesn’t forces anyone to do anything under stress instead it is a It’s a blank slate, and whether it develops into a useful tool depends on what sort of structures are created within it.
All the researchers are hoping, with the dispersion of more and more BB connections Second Life hoopla will also go up in all classes.
Via: cnn
