A research report says that virtual worlds can be important places
where children practice what they will do in real life. They are also a
powerful and attractive alternative to more passive adventures like
watching TV. The research was done with children using the BBC’s
Adventure Rock virtual world, aimed at those aged 6-12. It surveyed and
interviewed children who were the first to test the game.
The online world is a theme island built for the BBC’s children
channel by Belgian game maker Larian. Children explore the world alone
but they use message boards to share what they find and what they do in
the different creative studios they find around the virtual space.
At times children were explorers and at others they were social
climbers eager to connect with other players. Some were power users
looking for more information about how the virtual space really worked.
The children could try all kinds of things without having to be afraid
of the consequences that would follow if they tried them in the real
world. They learned many useful social skills and played around with
their identity in ways that would be much more difficult in real life.
According to the study what children liked about virtual worlds was the
chance to create content such as music, cartoons and videos.
The publishers of the report say that virtual worlds can be a
powerful, engaging and real interactive alternative to more passive
media. They urged creators of virtual spaces for children to get young
people involved very early on because they really do have good ideas to
add and they are very good critical friends.
Source : www.gunadarma.ac.id
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