This semester the School of Hotel & Tourism Management is providing an orientation programme in a virtual world. We have developed a virtual campus – PolyUSotel – in a 3-D world called Second Life. The aim is to help students get familiarized with their new study environment and learn some study skills and life skills. In PolyUSotel, students assume a personal 3-D character (avatar) to explore the virtual PolyU campus and team-up with other students in a series of safe, competitive and structured activities.
There will also be virtual consultation sessions with teachers and senior students from the School. We will provide both a social environment where new students can meet with others, as well as some serious games where students can discover their preferred learning styles, find out how to be an 'active' learner and learn techniques to manage time and handle stress etc.
The programme will run for 4-5 weeks during September and October 2007. For further information see the website.
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