The development of virtual classrooms by using virtual image creation technique

This research was aimed to develop virtual classrooms using virtual image creation technique. There were 3 classrooms as follow: Classroom 1 for theory which contains video clips by instructors for both lecture and practice. There were also on-line live lectures. Classroom 2 is a library which connects to e-Learning websites concerning radiographic testing. Classroom 3 is a laboratory in order to observe experiment results. All 3 classrooms were designed to be virtual using computer graphic technique. Characters representing learners were also created in order to create interaction between learners and virtual classrooms. Virtual classrooms contain the contents about radiographic testing. The quality of the virtual classrooms evaluated by experts was that the quality was 5.00 on the average. The learning achievement of learners about radiographic testing for the sampling group was that the learners gained 80% higher knowledge than the set criteria and they could save 40% time spent in traditional classroom, higher than the expectation. The learners expressed their opinions that virtual classrooms were suitable for instruction. They highly agreed with the average score of 4.76.