![]() ![]() ![]() I have found that there are just as many people excited to engage in this work as there are people who are not at all thrilled with the prospect. Personally, I have worked with experts from many fields to deliver numerous online trainings and to create spaces for interaction. Indeed, shaping a friendly perception towards online education is helpful in all sectors, not just higher ed. Within higher education, for example, studies are showing that just fostering faculty’s acceptance of online courses is a critical factor to their success. The perception of technology can be just as strong (or even stronger) a barrier to the task of creating online content. By conceptualizing online products or events as not-actual, the eLearning team can face the uphill battle of having to convince their own stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts, or other contributors that the result will be meaningful and worthy of the effort. This unintentional connotation can make the job of developing and delivering meaningful online experiences even more difficult and at times near impossible. When online interactions are called "virtual", they enter our mental framework as not actual. Online interactions can be perceived as lesser versions of in-person interactions, lamentable adaptations of in-person events, or poor substitutes for "real" engagement. How The Specific Confusion Complicates Professionals' JobĪs an online learning producer, I often deal with the unfortunate perception that comes with calling online interactions virtual. Without necessarily meaning to (though, perhaps, some do mean it), when we say something is virtual, we are also saying that it is essentially not actual. One that is best understood when we consider that the antonym to virtual is "actual". Yet, there is another meaning to the word. Understood this way, "virtual" seems an appropriate distinction from in-person events, engagements, and interactions. We use it to define an interaction that does not take place in an in-person physical environment. In common use, when we use the word "virtual", we tend to mean online, that is through a computer or device. In online education, we talk about virtual classes, virtual schools, virtual conferences, etc. ![]() In the workplace, we often talk about having virtual meetings or virtual events. "Virtual" - It’s a word that has maneuvered its way into many of our daily conversations in the digital age and in eLearning. 3 virtual document/companion etc COMPUTING a document etc that exists on a computer rather than in physical form Buying an air ticket involves the creation of several virtual documents.Why eLearning Professionals Should Distinguish Online From Virtual Interactions ![]() 2 virtual office/library/classroom etc COMPUTING computer software that gives you the experience of being in a place, or allows you to do the things that you would do in a real office, library etc In a virtual library, people can explore information resources from their desks. Trading activity reached a virtual standstill. From Longman Business Dictionary virtual vir‧tu‧al / ˈvɜːtʃuəlˈvɜːr- / adjective 1 a virtual monopoly, ban, takeover etc is so nearly a complete monopoly, ban etc that any difference is unimportant They enjoy a virtual monopoly in sales of pickup trucks. The two countries are locked in a virtual state of war.Children were forced to work as virtual slaves in the factories.Without knowing it, we can be virtual prisoners of all this judging.Others see even more practical applications for these virtual places.You can make your choice of virtual lavatory wall on which to scribble a message.She retains virtual control of her sons, the eldest of whom firmly remains second in line to the throne.The days of virtual 3-D chess are some way off yet.constructing virtual worlds ► see thesaurus at artificial Examples from the Corpus virtual 2 ALMOST made, done, seen etc on the Internet or on a computer, rather than in the real world The website allows you to take a virtual tour of the art gallery. Finding a cheap place to rent is a virtual impossibility in this area. ○ AWL adjective 1 ALMOST very nearly a particular thing Car ownership is a virtual necessity when you live in the country.Virtually From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Computers virtual vir‧tu‧al / ˈvɜːtʃuəl $ ˈvɜːr- / ![]()
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