Virtual Youths Meeting and Networking on
Second Life (E-learning Activity)
In this activity, we were asked to meet students from PolyU at the entrance of the PolyU campus on Second Life. The student I met is from Hongkong. Her avartar name is Christy Asadar.
Profile: Her real name was Christy Sung.
Age: 22
Course: Master degree in Electronic Commerce.
Favourite Landmark: Library- it is a very quiet place where she can think through of the happenings around her.
Hobbies: Window shopping, ordering food and food materials online.
Other than the above item mentioned, she has no experience in buying clothes online. However, if given a chance, with a $500, she would like to buy shoes, earrings, rings and bags. As long as she thinks is nice, she would not mine any brand of the items she wanted to buy. She would not want to buy clothes as she does not trust the website; she thinks that for clothing, it will be better if she is trying out the clothing on the spot (assurance).
Most importantly, she is not sensitive pricing as she thinks that price and quality are closely related. The better the quality, the higher the price.
She told me that the popular E-shopping site is Ebay. First of all, there isn’t much website where they can use and she thinks that Ebay is easy for trade purpose from consumers to consumers. Besides that, she also told me that in mainland China, people uses E-shopping site known as Taobao. It is similar to Ebay only that it has a large platform. She plans to stay connected with her new friend like myself through msn, email or perhaps go on a holiday together.
During this activity, I realize that there are polite. They will bow first as a form of basic etiquette. To show respect, I will do the same as well. It was a firsthand experience and it was fun talking with the new friend in Hong Kong, they are really polite. I learned that online learning has really widened to the point that even in games, we get to know people from other country. It has gone beyond the border that internet is solely for research purpose.
The world is getting more and more globalised, we need to think of different ways in which we can bring people from different religions and races to get together.
There are a total of 24 students in my class but the number of Hong Kong students available is not enough to allow us to have a discussion with the Hong Kong students. Also, they have a limited time in which they can chat with us. Their lab closes at 10.30pm and the activity started at 9.30pm, even though we managed to ask the required questions, there is insufficient time for us to further ask them other questions.
Below are some snapshots of my new HK friend!!!
