Best Practices to Form Online Multi-Users Virtual Enviromments for Education in Developing Countries

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2009-12
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International Journal of the Computer the Internet and Management
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The main purpose of this paper is to present draft guidelines for best practice to form online Three Dimensional (3D) Multi-Users Virtual Environments (MUVE) for education in developing countries. The researcher has introduced Second Life (SL) to graduate students in Bangkok for educational purposes. The best practices refined from relevant documents and research results are presented under four aspects of its management: human, instruction, technology and social (HITS model). The situation in Thailand is similar to other developing countries where the capital city has good and sufficient infrastructure but most people find it more convenient to use the national language rather than English. The obvious barrier, namely, insufficient Internet bandwidth when accessed online 3D MUVE has been found as one of the fundamental issues.
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