Group meeting

Our group picture was taken in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on a boat called Atlas.

The virtual society and the real world society have some similarities but they are totally different. In the real world people have to work hard to achieve their goals while in the virtual society could do anything easily almost without any effort and limitation. In the real world people have no ability to fly but avatars could fly and humans have to travel thousands of miles sometimes for days to go to places but the virtual society could teleport to any part of the world with a click of a mouse which does not even take a second.

Our meeting in Second Life was quite a challenge. Moving from one place to another was very difficult, however once we reach to the place we wanted, it was interesting to talk while being in the same place as a character. Meeting in the virtual world is different than meeting in Blackboard Vista, in blackboard we could only read the words we type and wait to the next message to arrive while in Second Life we could actually do things together while chatting.

Using virtual world could enhance the learning and teaching experience in a very good way. By using the Second Life to support the traditional teaching process, teachers could more easily explain the subject by actually practicing what the book is saying and students could benefit from being an active participants and practice what they learn without risking their real life resources. Also by using the Second Life as a learning tool students could share their experience with other students all over the world and that would develop their understanding of other societies and different cultures all over the world.