Application of The Virtual Environment in The Educational Process
Application of The Virtual Environment in The Educational Process

Summary/Abstract: The presented contribution deals with the use of the virtual environment in the educational process, focusing on one particular virtual world - Second Life - and shows the advantages and disadvantages of using the virtual environment in the educational process. In the introduction, the views of renowned authors on the use of virtual worlds in general for education are presented. Then, the virtual world of Second Life and the basic peculiarities that affect the activities related to creation in the mentioned environment are presented. It also describes the institutions and the way they use the virtual environment for presentation and education on a global scale. The author briefly presents the ongoing project of the Faculty of Mass Media Communication in the form of a virtual institution, which is also used as an alternative form of distance learning on selected subjects. The use of the aforementioned environment is primarily used in the teaching of Digital Game students who have taken related subjects in previous semesters.

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