Human interaction is an important element of electronic government, especially in education. It responds to customers personally, in a virtual environment. I expect this material to be released in the near future. Secretary Riley asked me when I came on board to help foster new concepts for improving educational systems and increasing support to help students meet higher learning requirements. It's my idea that virtual classrooms and embedded experiential learning are a large part of this conceptualization.
Virtual classrooms can easily provide experiential training.
They blend simulation with traditional textbook processes. As a Navy pilot, I benefited from the training we went through that brought visualization in simulated environments together with the then traditional classroom and book learning. This part of virtual classroom ranges across all levels of education. There are differences, however. I can give you an example of how the secondary classroom benefits for a virtual environment.