A whole new world..first visit to a virtual classroom

I just had a very interesting and memorable session in a virtual classroom at 4 o'clock on a Friday afternoon. Ten minutes before the time. I was sitting there waiting for my classmates (would have liked to call them virtual, but they're not) to arrive, with their names slowly appearing on the screen before me. I felt like I was in Kindergarten once again- uncertain and shy of what lies ahead. I had to re-learn to raise my "hand" to be given the chance to speak, to "smile" when happy with things and to draw objects on the whiteboard, all these with the click of the mouse. Call me naive, inexperienced, immature- but that's exactly how I felt.

I am a neophyte in the virtual world. I only know the basics of using email and chat for online learning. I didn't realise there's a whole new world of learning out there in a virtual classroom. I was amazed that I was interacting with people from places around New South Wales and South Australia of which I haven't been to and haven't heard of. It's gonna be an exciting 6 weeks of new discoveries and fun! I don't mind feeling like a kindergarten student for now as long as I know I'll slowly progress into maturity with all these online eye openers...